Definition of Cumbrous. Meaning of Cumbrous. Synonyms of Cumbrous

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Definition of Cumbrous

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

Meaning of Cumbrous from wikipedia

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- Budgerows were 'large and commodious, but generally ****brous and sluggish keelless boats, used for journeys on the Ganges'. The term is thought to be an...
- to as an oakley. For probably a hundred years, such pieces, m****ive and ****brous in form, but often with well-carved fronts, were produced in moderate numbers;...
- identical to the aberration measured with an air-filled telescope. A "****brous" attempt to explain these results used the hypothesis of partial aether-drag...
- of plants] is still nameless, and we can only describe our pursuit by ****brous and often misleading periphrasis. To meet this difficulty I suggest for...
- of the mountains, From the terror of the nations, As he lay asleep and ****brous On the summit of the mountains, Like a rock with mosses on it, Spotted...
- found in medial or final positions in a word. The language was said to be "****brous and unlovely" to the elves; Tolkien described it as having a cacophonous...
- It was one of the many curious developments of the mixed taste, at once ****brous and bizarre, which prevailed in furniture during the Empire period in England...
- like Lord Brougham, was the amelioration of the law by the abolition of ****brous technicalities rather than the ****ertion of new principles. To this end...
- Thomas Rawlinson some time in the 1720s. He felt that the belted plaid was "****brous and unwieldy", and his solution was to separate the skirt and convert it...