cumbersomeadj.

/ˈkʌmbəsəm/

Etymology: < cumber v. + -some suffix¹.

†1. Of places or ways: Obstructing and impeding motion or progress; full of obstruction; troublesome to pass or get through. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > [adjective] > travelled on, over, or through > able to be > with difficulty

cumbersome1487

cumbrous1487

uneasya1566

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xiii. 351 Bannokburne, that sa cummyrsum [1489 Adv. cumbyrsum] was Of slyk, and depnes for till pas.

1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions ii. xi. 246 Pioners..to make the waye, wher the place is combresome.

1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia v. f. 120^v The Britons call it a Towne, when thei have fortified a combersome wood with a dich and a Rampyre.

1681 C. Cotton Wonders of Peake 55 Though the way be cumbersom, and rough.

†2. Causing trouble, annoyance, or inconvenience; full of trouble; troublesome; wearisome, oppressive. Obsolete exc. dialect.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adjective] > annoying or vexatious

angeeOE

swinkfuleOE

plightlyOE

teenfulOE

contrariousc1320

drefa1325

troublinga1325

despitousa1340

thornya1340

discomfortablec1350

troublablec1374

noyousa1382

noyfulc1384

diseasy1387

angrya1393

painful1395

hackinga1400

annoying?c1400

annoyousc1400

cumbrousc1400

teenc1400

annoyfulc1405

sputousc1420

diseasefula1425

molest?a1425

noying?a1425

noisomea1450

grievingc1450

tedious?1454

troublous1463

noisantc1475

displeasant1481

strouble1488

nuisant1494

noyanta1500

irksome1513

sturting1513

molestious1524

vexatious1534

cumbersome1535

uncommodious1541

spiteful1548

vexing?1548

incommodious1551

molestous1555

diseasing1558

grating1563

pestilent1565

sturtsome1570

molestuousa1572

troublesome1573

murrain1575

discommodable1579

galling1583

spiny1586

unsupportable1586

troubleful1588

plaguey1594

distressingc1595

molestful1596

molesting1598

vexful1598

fretful1603

briery1604

bemadding1608

mortifying1611

tiry1611

distressfula1616

irking1629

angersome1649

disobliging1652

discomforting1654

incomfortable1655

incommode1672

ruffling1680

unconvenient1683

pestifying1716

trying1718

offending1726

bothering1765

pesky1775

weary1785

sturty1788

unaccommodating1790

tiresome1798

werriting1808

bothersome1817

plaguesome1828

pestilential1833

fretsome1834

languorous1834

pesty1834

pestersome1843

nettlesome1845

miserable1850

niggling1854

distempering1855

be-maddeninga1861

nattery1873

nagging1883

pestiferous1890

trouble-giving1893

maddening1896

molestive1905

nuisancy1906

balls-aching?1912

nuisance1922

nattering1949

noodgy1969

dickheaded1991

dickish1991

cockish1996

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 105 Thair names..So cummersum tha ar to put in verss.

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 8^v A cumbersome landlord, is husband mans rod.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iii. x. 149 Cumbersome dayes..slow dul and heavy dayes.

1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 99 A Portch proves often cumbersome, being the receptacle of foul creatures.

1862 A. Hislop Prov. Scotl. 38 Better unkind than ower cumbersome.

1876 J. G. Holland Story of Sevenoaks (new ed.) xii. 167 ‘It would be sort o cumbersome to tell her.’

3. Of material objects: Troublesome from bulk or heaviness; unwieldy, clumsy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [adjective] > encumbering

cumbrousa1400

accumbrousa1450

pesterable1540

pesterous1548

clogginga1568

cumbersome1594

pestering1606

encumbering1641

cloying1647

hampering1812

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of large volume or bulky > and clumsy

unridec1175

un-i-weldec1275

boistous?a1400

cumbrousa1400

roida1450

clubbishc1530

lumpish?1573

bouncing1579

unwieldy1582

boisterous1590

unfeirdyc1590

lumbering1593

cumbersome1594

elephantic1598

elephant-likea1603

moliminous1642

clumpish1681

rhinocerical1689

hulking1699

hulky1785

lumberly1805

elephantine1826

rhinocerial1828

lumbersome1834

clumpy1836

lumbrous1836

hippopotamic1853

hippopotamian1864

megatherial1894

hippopotamine1911

1594 T. Blundeville Exercises vi. To Rdr. f. 280^v The Globe is combersome and not portable.

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique iii. xxxvii. 503 This tree..is not so combersome, as to keepe away the sunne and the winde.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iii. 399 That cumbersome Luggage of war.

1716 J. Addison Drummer ii. 15 Help me off with this cumbersome Cloak.

1849 E. E. Napier Excursions Southern Afr. II. 2 At last..the cumbersome waggons gradually got under weigh.

1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. xv. 139 The cumbersome old table with twisted legs.

figurative.1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness To Rdr. ¶20. p. xvii A vast heap of humane Inventions, useless and cumbersome Ceremonies.1774 J. Beattie Minstrel: 2nd Bk. lviii. 30 With cumbersome though pompous show.1870 J. Lubbock Origin of Civilisation (ed. 2) ii. 31 Very cumbersome mode of assisting the memory.

Derivatives

ˈcumbersomely adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adverb] > in annoying or vexatious manner

noyfully1395

annoyously?c1400

noyously1483

troublously1538

uncommodiously1545

wretchedly1546

irksomely1549

incommodiously1551

troublesomely1591

vexingly1599

cumbersomely1611

vexatiously1642

discomfortably1653

importunely1658

gratingly1683

mortifyingly1748

distressingly1786

gallingly1802

annoyingly1806

peskily1833

pesky1833

tryingly1841

discomfortingly1869

balls-achingly1972

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adverb] > clumsily or awkwardly

unhagherlyc1175

unslyly?a1400

roughc1400

unslya1425

rudelyc1425

unhandsomely1545

grosslyc1550

untowardly?1550

botcherly?1566

bungerly1574

lubberlike1575

lumpishly1583

clouterly1593

lubberly1594

foggily1599

awkly1603

unwieldilyc1610

cumbersomely1611

uneasily1611

sinisterly1628

left-handedly1648

ungainlya1661

awkwardly1663

clumsily1691

uncleverly1697

wrong1727

unwieldly1793

gawkily1811

maladroitly1827

undexterously1848

flat-footedly1886

ham-fistedly1964

ham-handedly1964

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Molestément, troublesomely, offensively, combersomely.

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe Contents sig. b Humane Art acts upon the Matter without, Cumbersomely or Moliminously.

ˈcumbersomeness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > [noun] > harassing quality

cumbrousness1557

cumbersomeness1571

plaguesomeness1860

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > encumberment > quality of

cumbersomeness1571

cloggishness1674

cumbrousness1858

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > encumberment > burdensomeness

heavinessc950

burdensomeness1574

poise1593

burdensome1645

cumbersomeness1785

onerousness1849

1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxxiv. 16) Although they be troubled through the combersomnes of men.

1785 W. Roy in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 75 430 The cumbersomeness of its weight appeared..objectionable.

1880 Scribner's Monthly Feb. 504 The log fence..belonged to the same period of plentifulness, even cumbersomeness, of timber.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cumbersome
释义	cumbersomeadj. /ˈkʌmbəsəm/ Etymology: < cumber v. + -some suffix¹. †1. Of places or ways: Obstructing and impeding motion or progress; full of obstruction; troublesome to pass or get through. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [adjective] > travelled on, over, or through > able to be > with difficulty cumbersome1487 cumbrous1487 uneasya1566 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xiii. 351 Bannokburne, that sa cummyrsum [1489 Adv. cumbyrsum] was Of slyk, and depnes for till pas. 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions ii. xi. 246 Pioners..to make the waye, wher the place is combresome. 1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia v. f. 120^v The Britons call it a Towne, when thei have fortified a combersome wood with a dich and a Rampyre. 1681 C. Cotton Wonders of Peake 55 Though the way be cumbersom, and rough. †2. Causing trouble, annoyance, or inconvenience; full of trouble; troublesome; wearisome, oppressive. Obsolete exc. dialect. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adjective] > annoying or vexatious angeeOE swinkfuleOE plightlyOE teenfulOE contrariousc1320 drefa1325 troublinga1325 despitousa1340 thornya1340 discomfortablec1350 troublablec1374 noyousa1382 noyfulc1384 diseasy1387 angrya1393 painful1395 hackinga1400 annoying?c1400 annoyousc1400 cumbrousc1400 teenc1400 annoyfulc1405 sputousc1420 diseasefula1425 molest?a1425 noying?a1425 noisomea1450 grievingc1450 tedious?1454 troublous1463 noisantc1475 displeasant1481 strouble1488 nuisant1494 noyanta1500 irksome1513 sturting1513 molestious1524 vexatious1534 cumbersome1535 uncommodious1541 spiteful1548 vexing?1548 incommodious1551 molestous1555 diseasing1558 grating1563 pestilent1565 sturtsome1570 molestuousa1572 troublesome1573 murrain1575 discommodable1579 galling1583 spiny1586 unsupportable1586 troubleful1588 plaguey1594 distressingc1595 molestful1596 molesting1598 vexful1598 fretful1603 briery1604 bemadding1608 mortifying1611 tiry1611 distressfula1616 irking1629 angersome1649 disobliging1652 discomforting1654 incomfortable1655 incommode1672 ruffling1680 unconvenient1683 pestifying1716 trying1718 offending1726 bothering1765 pesky1775 weary1785 sturty1788 unaccommodating1790 tiresome1798 werriting1808 bothersome1817 plaguesome1828 pestilential1833 fretsome1834 languorous1834 pesty1834 pestersome1843 nettlesome1845 miserable1850 niggling1854 distempering1855 be-maddeninga1861 nattery1873 nagging1883 pestiferous1890 trouble-giving1893 maddening1896 molestive1905 nuisancy1906 balls-aching?1912 nuisance1922 nattering1949 noodgy1969 dickheaded1991 dickish1991 cockish1996 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 105 Thair names..So cummersum tha ar to put in verss. 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 8^v A cumbersome landlord, is husband mans rod. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iii. x. 149 Cumbersome dayes..slow dul and heavy dayes. 1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 99 A Portch proves often cumbersome, being the receptacle of foul creatures. 1862 A. Hislop Prov. Scotl. 38 Better unkind than ower cumbersome. 1876 J. G. Holland Story of Sevenoaks (new ed.) xii. 167 ‘It would be sort o cumbersome to tell her.’ 3. Of material objects: Troublesome from bulk or heaviness; unwieldy, clumsy. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [adjective] > encumbering cumbrousa1400 accumbrousa1450 pesterable1540 pesterous1548 clogginga1568 cumbersome1594 pestering1606 encumbering1641 cloying1647 hampering1812 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of large volume or bulky > and clumsy unridec1175 un-i-weldec1275 boistous?a1400 cumbrousa1400 roida1450 clubbishc1530 lumpish?1573 bouncing1579 unwieldy1582 boisterous1590 unfeirdyc1590 lumbering1593 cumbersome1594 elephantic1598 elephant-likea1603 moliminous1642 clumpish1681 rhinocerical1689 hulking1699 hulky1785 lumberly1805 elephantine1826 rhinocerial1828 lumbersome1834 clumpy1836 lumbrous1836 hippopotamic1853 hippopotamian1864 megatherial1894 hippopotamine1911 1594 T. Blundeville Exercises vi. To Rdr. f. 280^v The Globe is combersome and not portable. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique iii. xxxvii. 503 This tree..is not so combersome, as to keepe away the sunne and the winde. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iii. 399 That cumbersome Luggage of war. View more context for this quotation 1716 J. Addison Drummer ii. 15 Help me off with this cumbersome Cloak. 1849 E. E. Napier Excursions Southern Afr. II. 2 At last..the cumbersome waggons gradually got under weigh. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. xv. 139 The cumbersome old table with twisted legs. figurative.1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness To Rdr. ¶20. p. xvii A vast heap of humane Inventions, useless and cumbersome Ceremonies.1774 J. Beattie Minstrel: 2nd Bk. lviii. 30 With cumbersome though pompous show.1870 J. Lubbock Origin of Civilisation (ed. 2) ii. 31 Very cumbersome mode of assisting the memory. Derivatives ˈcumbersomely adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adverb] > in annoying or vexatious manner noyfully1395 annoyously?c1400 noyously1483 troublously1538 uncommodiously1545 wretchedly1546 irksomely1549 incommodiously1551 troublesomely1591 vexingly1599 cumbersomely1611 vexatiously1642 discomfortably1653 importunely1658 gratingly1683 mortifyingly1748 distressingly1786 gallingly1802 annoyingly1806 peskily1833 pesky1833 tryingly1841 discomfortingly1869 balls-achingly1972 the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adverb] > clumsily or awkwardly unhagherlyc1175 unslyly?a1400 roughc1400 unslya1425 rudelyc1425 unhandsomely1545 grosslyc1550 untowardly?1550 botcherly?1566 bungerly1574 lubberlike1575 lumpishly1583 clouterly1593 lubberly1594 foggily1599 awkly1603 unwieldilyc1610 cumbersomely1611 uneasily1611 sinisterly1628 left-handedly1648 ungainlya1661 awkwardly1663 clumsily1691 uncleverly1697 wrong1727 unwieldly1793 gawkily1811 maladroitly1827 undexterously1848 flat-footedly1886 ham-fistedly1964 ham-handedly1964 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Molestément, troublesomely, offensively, combersomely. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe Contents sig. b Humane Art acts upon the Matter without, Cumbersomely or Moliminously. ˈcumbersomeness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > [noun] > harassing quality cumbrousness1557 cumbersomeness1571 plaguesomeness1860 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > encumberment > quality of cumbersomeness1571 cloggishness1674 cumbrousness1858 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > encumberment > burdensomeness heavinessc950 burdensomeness1574 poise1593 burdensome1645 cumbersomeness1785 onerousness1849 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxxiv. 16) Although they be troubled through the combersomnes of men. 1785 W. Roy in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 75 430 The cumbersomeness of its weight appeared..objectionable. 1880 Scribner's Monthly Feb. 504 The log fence..belonged to the same period of plentifulness, even cumbersomeness, of timber. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1487
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