encumbering
encumbering adjective: acting as an encumbrance; cumbersome; burdensome or serving to impede progress. Also the present participle and gerund of encumber.
Adjective
encumbering (comparative more encumbering, superlative most encumbering)
- Acting as an encumbrance; cumbersome; burdensome or serving to impede progress.
- There is not a more encumbering impediment to success, than the affection of gratitude.1814 March 1, G. Haliton, “Instructions in the Art of Rising in the World”, in The New Monthly Magazine and Universal Register, volume 1, number 2
- We are apt to think the close-fitted turban of the Asiatic a singular head-dress; and such as must be very encumbering in a hot climate; but this light yet bulky covering is, precisely, the defence which experience has taught the wearer to place upon his head, in situations in which the direct...1843, Luke Howard, Seven Lectures on Meteorology, page 49
Also used as
encumbering is also the present participle and gerund of encumber.
Forms of encumbering
| comparative | more encumbering |
|---|---|
| superlative | most encumbering |
Words formed from encumbering
Questions about encumbering
- What does encumbering mean?
- Encumbering means acting as an encumbrance; cumbersome; burdensome or serving to impede progress.
- What part of speech is encumbering?
- Encumbering is an adjective.
Words near encumbering in the dictionary
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