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encumbering

ADJECTIVE
meddlesome
Synonyms
STRONGEST
intrusive meddling nosy pushy
WEAK
busy busybody chiseling curious hindering impeding impertinent intermeddling interposing interrupting intruding kibitzing mischievous obstructive officious prying snooping snoopy tampering troublesome
Antonyms
WEAK
avoiding dodging ignorant
ADJECTIVE
unwieldy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
burdensome clumsy cumbersome inconvenient massive onerous ponderous ungainly unmanageable
WEAK
cumbrous gross hefty lumbering uncontrollable unhandy weighty
Antonyms
STRONGEST
agile aiding coordinated graceful helpful light unburdensome
WEAK
convenient handy
NOUN
loading
Synonyms
STRONGEST
packing storing
STRONG
burdening charging cramming cumbering filling lading priming readying

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Yet many things abound, Encumbering the ground; Useless, unsightly wrecks, That only serve to vex The sight of those who boast All that those wrecks have lost.

From Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect by Hartley, John

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