Antonyms for encumbered

Grammar : Verb

Spell : en-kuhm-ber

Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈkʌm bər

Definition of encumbered

Origin : early 14c., "burden, vex, inconvenience," from Old French encombrer "to block up, hinder, thwart," from Late Latin incombrare, from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + combrus "barricade, obstacle," probably from Latin cumulus "heap." Meaning "hinder, hamper" is attested in English from late 14c. Related: Encumbered; encumbering.

verb bother, burden

Example sentences :

Remained only the probability of our being able, encumbered by a pack, to scale the mountains.
Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White

The note was not a long one, nor was it encumbered by any ceremonious phraseology.
Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon

Together with his sons he posed for his statue while encumbered with a bad attack.
Extract from : « Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date » by Anonymous

Until then the stream had followed the street; but the debris that encumbered it deflected the course.
Extract from : « The Flood » by Emile Zola

In conversation, men are encumbered with personality, and talk too much.
Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

In these baths he can benumb the torment of the body with which he is encumbered.
Extract from : « The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second Series » by Rafael Sabatini

And he pointed to a door inscribed with the title "Encumbered Estates."
Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever

The roads were encumbered with the impedimenta of two armies.
Extract from : « The War Service of the 1/4 Royal Berkshire Regiment (T. F.) » by Charles Robert Mowbray Fraser Cruttwell

The many icebergs which encumbered the sea filled me with anxiety.
Extract from : « The Frozen Pirate » by W. Clark Russell

His bedchamber is so encumbered with books that one can hardly move in it.
Extract from : « A Literary History of the English People » by Jean Jules Jusserand

Synonyms for encumbered

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