cumbersome 音标拼音: [k'ʌmbɚsəm]
a . 讨厌的,麻烦的,累赘的
讨厌的,麻烦的,累赘的
cumbersome adj 1 :
difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight ; "
a cumbersome piece of machinery "; "
cumbrous protective clothing " [
synonym : {
cumbersome }, {
cumbrous }]
2 :
not elegant or graceful in expression ; "
an awkward prose style "; "
a clumsy apology "; "
his cumbersome writing style ";
"
if the rumor is true ,
can anything be more inept than to repeat it now ?" [
synonym : {
awkward }, {
clumsy }, {
cumbersome },
{
inapt }, {
inept }, {
ill -
chosen }]
cumbersome \
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a .
1 .
Burdensome or hindering ,
as a weight or drag ;
embarrassing ;
vexatious ;
cumbrous .
[
1913 Webster ]
To perform a cumbersome obedience . --
Sir .
P .
Sidney .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
Not easily managed ;
as ,
a cumbersome contrivance or machine .
[
1913 Webster ]
He holds them in utter contempt ,
as lumbering ,
cumbersome ,
circuitous . --
I .
Taylor .
-- {
Cum "
ber *
some *
ly },
adv . -- {
Cum "
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some *
ness },
n .
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1913 Webster ]
65 Moby Thesaurus words for "
cumbersome ":
all thumbs ,
awkward ,
blunderheaded ,
blundering ,
boorish ,
bulky ,
bumbling ,
bungling ,
burdensome ,
butterfingered ,
careless ,
clownish ,
clumsy ,
clumsy -
fisted ,
contrary ,
crosswise ,
cumbrous ,
elephantine ,
encumbering ,
fingers all thumbs ,
fumbling ,
gauche ,
gawkish ,
gawky ,
graceless ,
ham -
fisted ,
ham -
handed ,
hampering ,
heavy -
handed ,
hulking ,
hulky ,
impedimental ,
impeding ,
impeditive ,
impractical ,
inconvenient ,
incumbent ,
inelegant ,
irksome ,
left -
hand ,
left -
handed ,
loutish ,
lubberly ,
lumbering ,
lumpish ,
lumpy ,
maladroit ,
massive ,
massy ,
oafish ,
onerous ,
oppressive ,
perverse ,
ponderous ,
sloppy ,
stiff ,
superincumbent ,
tiresome ,
uncouth ,
ungainly ,
ungraceful ,
unhandy ,
unmanageable ,
unwieldy ,
wearisome
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