cumbersome

cumbersome is a 10-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 23 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous.
2. adjective. Not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or machine.
3. adjective. not elegant or graceful in expression

   "an awkward prose style"

   "a clumsy apology"

   Synonyms: awkward, clumsy, inapt, inept

4. adjective. difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight

   "a cumbersome piece of machinery"

   "cumbrous protective clothing"

   Synonyms: cumbrous

Synonyms

awkward, clumsy, inapt, inept, cumbrous

Common word forms

cumbersomely, cumbersomeness

Words from these letters

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