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Antonyms for cumbrance
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kuhm-bruh ns |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʌm brəns |
Definition of cumbrance
- As in weight : noun burden
- As in clog : noun blockage
- As in hindrance : noun obstruction, difficulty
- Our chance may come another time, and we want not the cumbrance of children on our march.
- Extract from : « In the Wars of the Roses » by Evelyn Everett-Green
- How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
- Extract from : « Notes on the Book of Deuteronomy, Volume I » by Charles Henry Mackintosh
- So I parted with my public and my ferrets—for she was dead a' ready, my wife was, and I hadn't no cumbrance.
- Extract from : « Felix Holt, The Radical » by George Eliot
Synonyms for cumbrance
- albatross
- baggage
- ball and chain
- bar
- barrier
- block
- blockade
- burden
- catch
- Catch-22
- charge
- check
- clog
- crimp
- cumber
- cumbrance
- dead weight
- deadweight
- deterrent
- drag
- drawback
- duty
- encumbrance
- excess baggage
- foot dragging
- glitch
- gridlock
- handicap
- hang-up
- hindrance
- hitch
- impedance
- impediment
- interference
- interruption
- intervention
- jam-up
- joker
- limitation
- load
- lock
- millstone
- monkey wrench
- obstacle
- obstruction
- onus
- oppression
- pressure
- responsibility
- restraint
- restriction
- snag
- stoppage
- strain
- stumbling block
- task
- tax
- trammel
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