Antonyms for cumbersome
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : kuhm-ber-suhm |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʌm bər səm |
Definition of cumbersome
Origin :- late 14c., from cumber (v.) + -some (1). Meaning "unwieldy, hard to carry" is from 1590s. Related: Cumbersomely; cumbersomeness.
- adj clumsy, awkward
- "I shall be travelling faster than your cumbersome safari," he objected.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- Now the aloe, you know, is of a cumbersome height for a supper ornament.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- She pushed the cumbersome baby-carriage with no apparent effort.
- Extract from : « The Yates Pride » by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
- Norman found that while cumbersome their oxygen supply was unfailing.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various
- Dancing seized the cumbersome chest and dragged it out of danger.
- Extract from : « The Mountain Divide » by Frank H. Spearman
- The first cumbersome brute was helpless before its destroyer.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various
- It was a heavy and cumbersome machine, and the ferry-boy was not a good punter.
- Extract from : « Novel Notes » by Jerome K. Jerome
- The cumbersome beads are said to be worn by night as well as by day.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
- It was late in the afternoon when the cumbersome column was ready to move.
- Extract from : « A Lieutenant at Eighteen » by Oliver Optic
- I could hardly transport pots and trees so far; they were too cumbersome.
- Extract from : « Daisy » by Elizabeth Wetherell
Synonyms for cumbersome
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