combrous

Adjective

cumbrous (comparative more cumbrous, superlative most cumbrous)

1. (also, figuratively, literary) Unwieldy because of size or weight; cumbersome.
   • Possession's load was grown so great, / He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight: […]1727, Jonathan Swift, “Desire and Possession”, in Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, editors, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, […], new edition, volume VII, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […]...

   Synonyms:

   encumbrous

   Antonyms:

   uncumbrous

2. (literary, obsolete) Causing hindrance or obstruction.
   • But aftervvards, the Gauls ceaſed to moleſt and trouble, and the Romans gave over to fear, ſo ſoon as they vvere paſſed, and eſcaped the rough, cumbrous, and unpaſſable forreſts.1659, T[itus] Livius [i.e., Livy], “[Book XXI]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Romane Historie […], London: […] W. Hunt, for George Sawbridge, […], →OCLC, page 329

   Synonyms:

   cumbersome

3. (literary, obsolete) Giving annoyance or trouble; troublesome, vexatious.
   • A cloud of cumbrous gnattes doe him moleſt, / All ſtriuing to infixe their feeble ſtinges, / That from their noyance he no vvhere can reſt, / But vvith his clovvniſh hands their tender vvings, / He bruſheth oft, and oft doth mar their murmurings.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 23, page 9

   Synonyms:

   cumbersome, wearisome