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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight;
- Example: "a cumbersome piece of machinery"
- Example: "cumbrous protective clothing"
[syn: cumbersome, cumbrous]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cumbrous \Cum"brous\ (k?m"br?s), a.
   1. Rendering action or motion difficult or toilsome; serving
      to obstruct or hinder; burdensome; clogging.
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            He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight.  --Swift.
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            That cumbrousand unwieldy style which disfigures
            English composition so extensively.   --De Quincey.
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   2. Giving trouble; vexatious. [Obs.]
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            A clud of cumbrous gnats.             --Spenser.
      -- Cum"brous*ly, adv. -- Cum"brous*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cumbrous
    adj 1: difficult to handle or use especially because of size or
           weight; "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous
           protective clothing" [syn: cumbersome, cumbrous]