cumbersome
Meanings
Adjective Satellite
- difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
- "a cumbersome piece of machinery"
- not elegant or graceful in expression
- "his cumbersome writing style"
Adj
- Burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious.
- Not easily managed or handled; awkward; clumsy.
- Hard, difficult, demanding to handle or get around with.
- Inert, lumbering, slow in movement.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English cumbyrsum, cummyrsum; equivalent to cumber (“hindrance”) + -some. Compare encumber and incumbent.
Scrabble Score: 18
cumbersome is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordcumbersome is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cumbersome is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 23
cumbersome is a valid Words With Friends word