| slovo | definícia |
cumbersome
(encz) | cumbersome,nemotorný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
cumbersome
(encz) | cumbersome,nešikovný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
cumbersome
(gcide) | cumbersome \cum"ber*some\ (k?m"b?r-s?m), a.
1. Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag;
embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous.
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To perform a cumbersome obedience. --Sir. P.
Sidney.
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2. Not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or
machine.
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He holds them in utter contempt, as lumbering,
cumbersome, circuitous. --I. Taylor.
-- Cum"ber*some*ly, adv. -- Cum"ber*some*ness,n.
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cumbersome
(wn) | cumbersome
adj 1: difficult to handle or use especially because of size or
weight; "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous
protective clothing" [syn: cumbersome, cumbrous]
2: not elegant or graceful in expression; "an awkward prose
style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style";
"if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to
repeat it now?" [syn: awkward, clumsy, cumbersome,
inapt, inept, ill-chosen] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
cumbersomely
(encz) | cumbersomely,nemotorně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
cumbersomeness
(encz) | cumbersomeness,nemotornost n: Zdeněk Brožcumbersomeness,nešikovnost n: Zdeněk Brožcumbersomeness,těžkopádnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Cumbersomely
(gcide) | cumbersome \cum"ber*some\ (k?m"b?r-s?m), a.
1. Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag;
embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous.
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To perform a cumbersome obedience. --Sir. P.
Sidney.
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2. Not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or
machine.
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He holds them in utter contempt, as lumbering,
cumbersome, circuitous. --I. Taylor.
-- Cum"ber*some*ly, adv. -- Cum"ber*some*ness,n.
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Cumbersomeness
(gcide) | cumbersome \cum"ber*some\ (k?m"b?r-s?m), a.
1. Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag;
embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous.
[1913 Webster]
To perform a cumbersome obedience. --Sir. P.
Sidney.
[1913 Webster]
2. Not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or
machine.
[1913 Webster]
He holds them in utter contempt, as lumbering,
cumbersome, circuitous. --I. Taylor.
-- Cum"ber*some*ly, adv. -- Cum"ber*some*ness,n.
[1913 Webster] |
cumbersomeness
(wn) | cumbersomeness
n 1: trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape;
"the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano" [syn:
awkwardness, cumbersomeness, unwieldiness] |
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