Word Meanings - ENCUMBER - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements were encumbered by his mantle; his mind is encumbered with useless learning. Not encumbered
Additional info about word: ENCUMBER
1. To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements were encumbered by his mantle; his mind is encumbered with useless learning. Not encumbered with any notable inconvenience. Hooker. 2. To load with debts, or other legal claims; as, to encumber an estate with mortgages. Syn. -- To load; clog; oppress; overload; embarrass; perplex; hinder; retard; obstruct; check; block.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ENCUMBER)
- Embarrass
- Entangle
- misconcert
- trouble
- perplex
- contuse
- hamper
- clog
- distress
- puzzle
- encumber
- Lumber Choke
- crowd
- obstruct
- Perplex
- entangle
- involve
- complicate
- confuse
- bewilder
- mystify
- harass
- Saddle
- Impose
- burden
- load
- shackle
- charge
- Wrap
- Wind
- fold
- muffle
- cover
- infold
- envelop
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of ENCUMBER)
- Expose
- reveal
- betray
- exhibit
- produce
- mis-suffice
- Soothe
- compose
- please
- gratify
- gladden
- console
- elate
- comfort
- Enlighten
- instruct
- illumine
- Compose
- calm
- allay
- appease
- soothe
- delight
- recreate
- entertain
- relieve
- refresh
Related words: (words related to ENCUMBER)
- PUZZLEMENT
The state of being puzzled; perplexity. Miss Mitford. - LUMBERMAN
One who is engaged in lumbering as a business or employment. - DELIGHTING
Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor. - PUZZLE
1. Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making. 2. The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a puzzle. - LUMBERING
The business of cutting or getting timber or logs from the forest for lumber. - EXHIBITION
The act of administering a remedy. (more info) 1. The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display. 2. That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also, any public show; a display of works of art, - COMFORTLESS
Without comfort or comforts; in want or distress; cheerless. Comfortless through turanny or might. Spenser. Syn. -- Forlorn; desolate; cheerless; inconsolable; disconsolate; wretched; miserable. -- Com"fort*less*ly, adv. -- Com"fort*less*ness, n. - TROUBLER
One who troubles or disturbs; one who afflicts or molests; a disturber; as, a troubler of the peace. The rich troublers of the world's repose. Waller. - CHARGEANT
Burdensome; troublesome. Chaucer. - COVER-POINT
The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point." - EXHIBITIONER
One who has a pension or allowance granted for support. A youth who had as an exhibitioner from Christ's Hospital. G. Eliot. - EXPOSER
One who exposes or discloses. - INVOLVEDNESS
The state of being involved. - PUZZLEDOM
The domain of puzzles; puzzles, collectively. C. Kingsley. - DELIGHTLESS
Void of delight. Thomson. - HARASS
To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive burdens or anxieties; -- sometimes followed by out. harassed with a long and wearisome march. Bacon. Nature - INSTRUCTRESS
A woman who instructs; a preceptress; a governess. Johnson. - INFOLD
1. To wrap up or cover with folds; to envelop; to inwrap; to inclose; to involve. Gilded tombs do worms infold. Shak. Infold his limbs in bands. Blackmore. 2. To clasp with the arms; to embrace. Noble Banquo, . . . let me infold thee, And hold - COVERLET
The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture. Lay her in lilies and in violets . . . And odored sheets and arras coverlets. Spenser. - ILLUMINER
One who, or that which, illuminates. - MANDELATE
A salt of mandelic acid. - RECOVER
To cover again. Sir W. Scott. - UNPERPLEX
To free from perplexity. Donne. - SIDESADDLE
A saddle for women, in which the rider sits with both feet on one side of the animal mounted. Sidesaddle flower , a plant with hollow leaves and curiously shaped flowers; -- called also huntsman's cup. See Sarracenia. - MISCHARGE
To charge erroneously, as in account. -- n. - PREINSTRUCT
To instruct previously or beforehand. Dr. H. More. - OVERTROUBLED
Excessively troubled. - ENCHARGE
To charge ; to impose upon. His countenance would express the spirit and the passion of the part he was encharged with. Jeffrey.