cumbrous Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
    cumbersome.
    • a cumbersome piece of machinery
    • cumbrous protective clothing

WordNet

Cum"brous adjective
Definitions
  1. Rendering action or motion difficult or toilsome; serving to obstruct or hinder; burdensome; clogging.
    He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight. Swift.
    That cumbrousand unwieldy style which disfigures English composition so extensively. De Quincey.
  2. Giving trouble; vexatious. Obs.
    A clud of cumbrous gnats. Spenser.
    -- Cum"brous*ly, adv. -- Cum"brous*ness, n.

Webster 1913