cumbrous

adjective

cum·brous ˈkəm-b(ə-)rəs How to pronounce cumbrous (audio)

: cumbersome

cumbrously adverb

cumbrousness noun

Example Sentences

it took two people to haul the cumbrous machine into the garage

Recent Examples on the Web There were three good reasons to abandon the Clean Power Plan, and EPA administrator Scott Pruitt cited two of them in his decision, announced Monday, to rescind the cumbrous carbon dioxide rule.

The Editors, National Review, 9 Oct. 2017 The Road Home Program, a state program supposed to help rebuild, was cumbrous and slow, and grants often didn’t cover the cost of repairs.

Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2017 The ordinary secular mode of divorce in India is, like any other Indian legal proceeding, rather more cumbrous.

Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 27 Aug. 2017

cumbrous

adjective

as in clumsy

difficult to use or operate especially because of size, weight, or design it took two people to haul the cumbrous machine into the garage

Synonyms & Similar Words

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clumsy
cumbersome
awkward
unwieldy
ungainly
ponderous
clunky
heavy
unhandy
impractical
bulky
unmanageable
cranky
impracticable
massive
bunglesome
uncontrollable
elephantine
hulking
dinosauric
dinosaurian

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

practical
useful
practicable
functional
handy
serviceable

Synonym Chooser

Some common synonyms of cumbrous are cumbersome, heavy, ponderous, and weighty. While all these words mean "having great weight," cumbrous and cumbersome imply heaviness and bulkiness that make for difficulty in grasping, moving, carrying, or manipulating.

wrestled with the cumbrous furniture

early cameras were cumbersome and inconvenient

The synonyms heavy and cumbrous are sometimes interchangeable, but heavy implies that something has greater density or thickness than the average of its kind or class.

a heavy child for his age

While in some cases nearly identical to cumbrous, ponderous implies having great weight because of size and massiveness with resulting great inertia.

ponderous elephants in a circus parade

The meanings of weighty and cumbrous largely overlap; however, weighty suggests having actual and not just relative weight.

a load of weighty boxes

单词	cumbrous
释义	cumbrous adjective cum·brous ˈkəm-b(ə-)rəs : cumbersome cumbrously adverb cumbrousness noun Synonyms awkward bunglesome clumsy clunky cranky cumbersome ponderous ungainly unhandy unwieldy See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences it took two people to haul the cumbrous machine into the garage Recent Examples on the Web There were three good reasons to abandon the Clean Power Plan, and EPA administrator Scott Pruitt cited two of them in his decision, announced Monday, to rescind the cumbrous carbon dioxide rule. The Editors, National Review, 9 Oct. 2017 The Road Home Program, a state program supposed to help rebuild, was cumbrous and slow, and grants often didn’t cover the cost of repairs. Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2017 The ordinary secular mode of divorce in India is, like any other Indian legal proceeding, rather more cumbrous. Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 27 Aug. 2017 Word History First Known Use 15th century, in the meaning defined above cumbrous adjective as in clumsy difficult to use or operate especially because of size, weight, or design it took two people to haul the cumbrous machine into the garage Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance clumsy cumbersome awkward unwieldy ungainly ponderous clunky heavy unhandy impractical bulky unmanageable cranky impracticable massive bunglesome uncontrollable elephantine hulking dinosauric dinosaurian Antonyms & Near Antonyms practical useful practicable functional handy serviceable Synonym Chooser Some common synonyms of cumbrous are cumbersome, heavy, ponderous, and weighty. While all these words mean "having great weight," cumbrous and cumbersome imply heaviness and bulkiness that make for difficulty in grasping, moving, carrying, or manipulating. wrestled with the cumbrous furniture early cameras were cumbersome and inconvenient The synonyms heavy and cumbrous are sometimes interchangeable, but heavy implies that something has greater density or thickness than the average of its kind or class. a heavy child for his age While in some cases nearly identical to cumbrous, ponderous implies having great weight because of size and massiveness with resulting great inertia. ponderous elephants in a circus parade The meanings of weighty and cumbrous largely overlap; however, weighty suggests having actual and not just relative weight. a load of weighty boxes
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