cumbrous : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cumbrous	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for cumbrous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cumbrous adj difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight; "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous protective clothing" Synonym(s): cumbersome, cumbrous
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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"brously}, adv. -- {Cum"brousness}, n.