All encumber synonyms

verb encumber

• burden — If you describe a problem or a responsibility as a burden, you mean that it causes someone a lot of difficulty, worry, or hard work.
• hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
• hamper — to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
• impede — to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
• get in the way — be an obstacle
• weigh down — to determine or ascertain the force that gravitation exerts upon (a person or thing) by use of a balance, scale, or other mechanical device: to weigh oneself; to weigh potatoes; to weigh gases.
• load — anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
• tax — a tax levied according to the value of the property, merchandise, etc., being taxed.
• inconvenience — the quality or state of being inconvenient.
• handicap — a race or other contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, time, etc., are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning.
• bother — If you do not bother to do something or if you do not bother with it, you do not do it, consider it, or use it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too lazy.
• overburden — to load with too great a burden; overload: He was overburdened with cares.
• block — A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
• charge — If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
• clog — When something clogs a hole or place, it blocks it so that nothing can pass through.
• cramp — Cramp is a sudden strong pain caused by a muscle suddenly contracting. You sometimes get cramp in a muscle after you have been making a physical effort over a long period of time.
• discommode — to cause inconvenience to; disturb, trouble, or bother.
• embarrass — Cause (someone) to feel awkward, self-conscious, or ashamed.
• hog-tie — If someone hog-ties an animal or a person, they tie their legs together, or they tie their arms and legs together.
• incommode — to inconvenience or discomfort; disturb; trouble.
• lade — to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
• obstruct — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
• oppress — to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism.
• overload — to load to excess; overburden: Don't overload the raft or it will sink.
• retard — to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.
• saddle — a seat for a rider on the back of a horse or other animal.
• trammel — Usually, trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint: the trammels of custom.
• weight — the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
• hang up — the way in which a thing hangs.
• hold up — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• slow down — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.