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1. WordNet® 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]
2. 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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Thesaurus Results for cumbrous:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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