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Antonyms for encumbering

Grammar : Verb
Spell : en-kuhm-ber
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈkʌm bər

Definition of encumbering

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 :
  • She assisted the strong hands to rip away her encumbering skirts.
  • Extract from : « The Spinner's Book of Fiction » by Various
  • All non-combatants and refugees should go to the rear and be discouraged from encumbering us.
  • Extract from : « The Soul of John Brown » by Stephen Graham
  • He was as impatient to assail his task and beat off the encumbering weight.
  • Extract from : « We Can't Have Everything » by Rupert Hughes
  • I have purposely abstained from encumbering my narrative with legal details.
  • Extract from : « The Dead Alive » by Wilkie Collins
  • I stripped to my shirt, delighted to be freed of the encumbering garments.
  • Extract from : « A Volunteer with Pike » by Robert Ames Bennet
  • The encumbering woods are cut down, the unhealthy marshes are drained.
  • Extract from : « Knowledge is Power: » by Charles Knight
  • Were he but free from these encumbering robes; were he but a man like the poet or the Chevalier!
  • Extract from : « The Grey Cloak » by Harold MacGrath
  • That, stripped of every encumbering circumstance, is the story of the Monroe Doctrine.
  • Extract from : « A Straight Deal » by Owen Wister
  • It has debarred the other part of the community from being individual by putting them on the wrong road, and encumbering them.
  • Extract from : « Miscellaneous Aphorisms; The Soul of Man » by Oscar Wilde
  • These were the thoughts that passed through his mind as he paused an instant at the gate to throw off the encumbering coat.
  • Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman

Synonyms for encumbering

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