Dictionary Entry
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
- 1adjective
Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous.
- 2adjective
Not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or machine.
- 3adjective
not elegant or graceful in expression
"an awkward prose style"
"a clumsy apology"
- 4adjective
difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
"a cumbersome piece of machinery"
"cumbrous protective clothing"
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