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cumbrous a. 討厭的,累贅的,成負擔的 討厭的,累贅的,成負擔的 cumbrous adj 1: difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight; " a cumbersome piece of machinery"; " cumbrous protective clothing" [ synonym: { cumbersome}, { cumbrous}] Cumbrous \ Cum" brous\ ( k? m" br? s), a. 1. Rendering action or motion difficult or toilsome; serving to obstruct or hinder; burdensome; clogging. [ 1913 Webster] He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight. -- Swift. [ 1913 Webster] That cumbrousand unwieldy style which disfigures English composition so extensively. -- De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Giving trouble; vexatious. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] A clud of cumbrous gnats. -- Spenser. -- { Cum" brous* ly}, adv. -- { Cum" brous* ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster] 44 Moby Thesaurus words for " cumbrous": Latinate, awkward, bombastic, bulky, burdensome, clogging, clumsy, cramped, cumbersome, elephantine, encumbering, forced, formal, guinde, halting, hampering, heavy, hindering, hulking, hulky, impedimental, impeding, impeditive, incumbent, inkhorn, labored, leaden, lubberly, lumbering, lumpish, lumpy, massive, massy, onerous, oppressive, pompous, ponderous, sesquipedalian, stiff, stilted, superincumbent, turgid, unhandy, unwieldy
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