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

English

Etymology

From cumber + -ous.

Pronunciation

/ˈkʌmbɹəs/

Adjective

1. Unwieldy because of its weight; cumbersome.
   • 1946: In the course of thousands of years, this cumbrous system developed into alphabetic writing. — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, ch. 1

Latinate, awkward, bombastic, bulky, burdensome, clogging, clumsy, cramped, cumbersome, elephantine, encumbering, forced, formal, guinde, halting, hampering, heavy, hindering, hulking, hulky, impedimental, impeding, impeditive, incumbent, inkhorn, labored, leaden, lubberly, lumbering, lumpish, lumpy, massive, massy, onerous, oppressive, pompous, ponderous, sesquipedalian, stiff, stilted, superincumbent, turgid, unhandy, unwieldy