[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cumbersome \cum"bersome\ 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"bersomely, adv. -- cum"bersomeness,n.
      1913 webster
see also:
cum"bersomely cum"bersomeness 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

cumbersome
     adj 1: difficult to handle or use especially because of size or
            weight; "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous
            protective clothing" syn: 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, inapt,
         inept, ill-chosen
see also:
cumbrous awkward clumsy inapt inept ill-chosen 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

65 moby thesaurus words for "cumbersome":
   all thumbs, awkward, blunderheaded, blundering, boorish, bulky,
   bumbling, bungling, burdensome, butterfingered, careless, clownish,
   clumsy, clumsy-fisted, contrary, crosswise, cumbrous, elephantine,
   encumbering, fingers all thumbs, fumbling, gauche, gawkish, gawky,
   graceless, ham-fisted, ham-handed, hampering, heavy-handed,
   hulking, hulky, impedimental, impeding, impeditive, impractical,
   inconvenient, incumbent, inelegant, irksome, left-hand,
   left-handed, loutish, lubberly, lumbering, lumpish, lumpy,
   maladroit, massive, massy, oafish, onerous, oppressive, perverse,
   ponderous, sloppy, stiff, superincumbent, tiresome, uncouth,
   ungainly, ungraceful, unhandy, unmanageable, unwieldy, wearisome

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