cumbrous /ˈkʌmbɹəs/ adjective3 •(literary) Unwieldy because of size or weight; cumbersome.Possession's load was grown so great, / He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight: […] — 1727 •(literary, no longer used) Giving annoyance or trouble; troublesome, vexatious.Henceforth I flie not Death, nor would prolong / Life much, bent rather now I may be quit / Fairest and easiest of this combrous charge, / Which I must keep till my appointed day / Of rendring up. — 1667 •(literary, no longer used) 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 formsmore cumbrous · most cumbrous