English-Thai Dictionary

cumbersome

ADJ ยุ่งยาก  ซึ่ง ทำให้ ลำบาก  yung-yak

 

cumbersome

ADJ อุ้ยอ้าย  เทอะทะ  burdensome unwieldy heavy aui-ai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CUMBERSOME

a. 1. Troublesome; burdensome; embarrassing; vexatious; as cumbersome obedience.
2. Unwieldy; unmanageable not easily borne or managed; as a cumbersome load; a cumbersome machine.

 

CUMBERSOMELY

adv. In a manner to encumber.

 

CUMBERSOMENESS

n.Burdensomeness; the quality of being cumbersome and troublesome.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CUMBERSOME

CUMBERSOME Cum "ber *some (k, a.

 

1. Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous. To perform a cumbersome obedience. Sir. P. Sidney.

 

2. Not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or machine. He holds them in utter contempt, as lumbering, cumbersome, circuitous. I. Taylor. -- Cum "ber *some *ly, adv. -- Cum "ber *some *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

cumbersome

cum ber some |ˈkəmbərsəm ˈkəmbərsəm | ▶adjective large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use; unwieldy: cumbersome diving suits. • slow or complicated and therefore inefficient: organizations with cumbersome hierarchical structures. DERIVATIVES cum ber some ly adverb, cum ber some ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘difficult to get through ’): from cumber + -some 1 .

 

Oxford Dictionary

cumbersome

cum ¦ber |some |ˈkʌmbəs (ə )m | ▶adjective large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use; unwieldy: cumbersome diving suits. • slow or complicated and therefore inefficient: organizations with cumbersome hierarchical structures. DERIVATIVES cumbersomely adverb, cumbersomeness noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘difficult to get through ’): from cumber + -some 1 .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

cumbersome

cumbersome adjective 1 a cumbersome diving suit: unwieldy, unmanageable, awkward, clumsy, inconvenient, incommodious; bulky, large, heavy, hefty, weighty, burdensome; informal hulking, clunky. ANTONYMS manageable. 2 cumbersome procedures: complicated, complex, involved, inefficient, unwieldy, slow. ANTONYMS straightforward.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

cumbersome

cumbersome adjective 1 a cumbersome rubberized diving suit: unwieldy, unmanageable, awkward, clumsy, ungainly, inconvenient, incommodious; bulky, large, heavy, hefty, weighty, burdensome; informal hulking, clunky; rare cumbrous, unhandy, lumbersome. ANTONYMS manageable, convenient. 2 cumbersome procedures: complicated, complex, involved, inefficient, badly organized, wasteful, unwieldy, slow, slow-moving. ANTONYMS straightforward, efficient.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

cumbersome

cum ber some /kʌ́mbə r s (ə )m /形容詞 1 〈方式 過程 組織などが 〉複雑で能率の悪い .2 〈物が 〉大きくて [重くて ]運びにくい [扱いにくい ]; 〈衣服などが 〉重くて着づらい ; 〈言葉 文などが 〉長くて複雑な .