Synonyms for cumbrous

Grammar : Adj

Spell : kuhm-bruh s

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʌm brəs

Définition of cumbrous

Origin : late 14c., "cumbersome, troublesome, clumsy, unwieldy," from cumber + -ous.

adj cumbersome

Example sentences :

A cumbrous disjointed sentence, but the thought of it is clear enough.
Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon

In North America, cannon were generally too cumbrous for Indian fighting.
Extract from : « Artillery Through the Ages » by Albert Manucy

After a great deal of labour, the cumbrous machine was got upon the road.
Extract from : « Lives of the Engineers » by Samuel Smiles

It was rebuilt, in its present cumbrous proportions, in 1828.
Extract from : « Up The Baltic » by Oliver Optic

But this cumbrous fiction was discarded after a couple of numbers.
Extract from : « Pickwickian Manners and Customs » by Percy Fitzgerald

We should find them rather too cumbrous to stow away in our game-bags.
Extract from : « The Three Admirals » by W.H.G. Kingston

The machinery employed was cumbrous, wasteful of time and costly.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 3 » by Various

Slow and cumbrous was travel in those days and very expensive.
Extract from : « American Inventions and Inventors » by William A. Mowry

"The introductory part of the Book is cumbrous," says Mr. Monro.
Extract from : « Homer and His Age » by Andrew Lang

She also discarded the long, cumbrous domino, and I took it from her.
Extract from : « The Yeoman Adventurer » by George W. Gough

Words or expressions associated with your search

Most wanted synonyms

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019