Cumber

[kʌmbә]

Definition

(v. t.) To rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to be burdensome or oppressive to; to hinder or embarrass in attaining an object, to obstruct or occupy uselessly; to embarrass; to trouble.

(v.) Trouble; embarrassment; distress.

Checker: Steve

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Overload, oppress, clog, hamper, obstruct, encumber.[2]. Distract, trouble, embarrass, perplex, plague, harass, worry, torment.

Editor: Lyle

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Clog, impede, oppress, load, incommode, obstruct

ANT:Liberate, expedite, alleviate, extricate, lighten, relieve, support, free, rid

Edited by Astor

Definition

v.t. to trouble or hinder with something useless: to retard trouble.—n. encumbrance: cumbering.—adj. Cum′bered hampered: obstructed.—ns. Cum′berer; Cum′ber-ground a useless thing from Luke xiii. 7.—adj. Cum′berless unencumbered.—ns. Cum′berment Cum′brance encumbrance.—adjs. Cum′bersome unwieldy: heavy; Cum′brous hindering: obstructing: heavy.—adv. Cum′brously.—n. Cum′brousness.

Checker: Virgil