cumbrous

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Unwieldy because of size or weight; cumbersome.

   Possession's load was grown so great, / He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight: […].

2. 2
   adj

   Causing hindrance or obstruction.

   But aftervvards, the Gauls ceaſed to moleſt and trouble, and the Romans gave over to fear, ſo ſoon as they vvere paſſed, and eſcaped the rough, cumbrous, and unpaſſable forreſts.

3. 3
   adj

   Giving annoyance or trouble; troublesome, vexatious.

   A cloud of cumbrous gnattes doe him moleſt, / All ſtriuing to infixe their feeble ſtinges, / That from their noyance he no vvhere can reſt, / But vvith his clovvniſh hands their tender vvings, / He bruſheth oft, and oft doth mar their murmurings.

4. 4
   adj

   difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight

From Late Middle English combrous (“causing obstruction; clumsy; obstructed; bothersome, difficult; burdensome, onerous; serious; causing trouble, troublesome; dangerous; immoral; unjust, wrongful; upset”) [and other forms], from komber, kumbre (“distress; destruction”) + -ous (suffix forming adjectives). The English word is analysable as cumber + -ous.

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