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Synonyms for encumbered

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

Top 10 synonyms for encumbered
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Définition 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

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