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All cumbersome synonyms

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adj cumbersome

  • bulky — Something that is bulky is large and heavy. Bulky things are often difficult to move or deal with.
  • heavy — of great weight; hard to lift or carry: a heavy load.
  • unwieldy — not wieldy; wielded with difficulty; not readily handled or managed in use or action, as from size, shape, or weight; awkward; ungainly.
  • ponderous — of great weight; heavy; massive.
  • burdensome — If you describe something as burdensome, you mean it is worrying or hard to deal with.
  • tiresome — causing or liable to cause a person to tire; wearisome: a tiresome job.
  • inconvenient — not easily accessible or at hand: The phone is in an inconvenient place.
  • hefty — heavy; weighty: a hefty book.
  • leaden — inertly heavy like lead; hard to lift or move: a leaden weight; leaden feet.
  • massive — consisting of or forming a large mass; bulky and heavy: massive columns.
  • oppressive — burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: an oppressive king; oppressive laws.
  • unmanageable — that can be managed; governable; tractable; contrivable.
  • wearisome — causing weariness; fatiguing: a difficult and wearisome march.
  • weighty — having considerable weight; heavy; ponderous: a weighty bundle.
  • cumbrous — cumbersome
  • incommodious — inconvenient, as not affording sufficient space or room; uncomfortable: incommodious hotel accommodations.
  • clunker — If you describe a machine, especially a car, as a clunker, you mean that it is very old and almost falling apart.
  • clunking — a hard hit, especially on the head.
  • clunky — If you describe something as clunky, you mean that it is solid, heavy, and rather awkward.
  • galumphing — to move along heavily and clumsily.
  • unhandy — not skillful in manual work: He's unhandy when it comes to fixing things around the house.

adjective cumbersome

  • awkward — An awkward situation is embarrassing and difficult to deal with.
  • clumsy — A clumsy person moves or handles things in a careless, awkward way, often so that things are knocked over or broken.
  • ungainly — not graceful; awkward; unwieldy; clumsy: an ungainly child; an ungainly prose style.
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