cumbersome
English
/ˈkʌmbɚsəm/
adj
Definitions
- Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; vexatious
- Not easily managed or handled; awkward; clumsy.
- Hard, difficult, demanding to handle or get around with.
- Inert, lumbering, slow in movement
Etymology
Suffix from English cumber (hindrance).
Origin
English
cumber
Gloss
hindrance
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cumber English
- cumbered English
- cumberer English
- cumberground English
- cumberless English
- cumberment English
- cumbersomely English
- cumbersomeness English
- cumberworld English
- cumbrous English
- discumber English
- uncumber English
- uncumbersome English
- combren Middle English