📖 Definitions of "Cumbering"
verb
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To slow down; to hinder; to burden; to encumber.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Cumbering"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| encumberverb | (transitive) To restrict or block something with a hindrance or impediment. |
| restrainverb | (transitive) To control or keep in check. |
| constrainverb | (transitive) To keep within close bounds; to confine. |
| lumberingnoun | The act of one who lumbers; heavy, clumsy movement. |
| crawlingverb | The motion of something that crawls. |
| encumberingverb | Acting as an encumbrance; cumbersome; burdensome or serving to impede progress. |
| lurchingverb | the action of the verb to lurch |
| trundlingverb | (transitive) To wheel or roll (an object on wheels), especially by pushing, often slowly or heavily. |
| waddlingverb | The act of one who waddles. |
| decumbentnoun | Lying down; reclining on the ground. |
| blubberingverb | noisy sobbing |
| slumpingverb | the result of a slumping movement, like that of a mountain |
| cumbrousnessnoun | The state or quality of being cumbrous. |
| hobblingverb | To walk lame, or unevenly. |
| lubberly | Lacking in seamanship; of or suitable to a landlubber who is new to being at sea and unfamiliar with the ways of a sailor. |
| bumbling | Acting in a confused or ineffectual way; incompetent or inept; showing little or no skill. |
| groaningverb | A low sound associated with extended suffering, sorrow, and toil. |
| ploddingverb | Progressing slowly and laboriously. |
| cumbrously | In a cumbrous manner. |
| crouchingverb | The action of the verb crouch. |
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