encumbered (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *encumbered*:
ADJECTIVE	all	encumbered	loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load

encumbered > pronunciation
Sounds	ehnkah'mberd
Rhymes	Abelard ... word / Word: 269 rhymes with erd...

English > *encumbered*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	Loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load.
Examples	"a summer resort...encumbered with great clapboard-and-stucco hotels"- A.J.Liebling "a hiker encumbered with a heavy backpack" "an encumbered estate"
Narrower	burdened, heavy-laden, loaded down	bearing a physically heavy weight or load
	clogged	Loaded with something that hinders motion
	involved, mired	entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire
	mortgaged	burdened with legal or financial obligations
Opposite	unencumbered	Free of encumbrance

HyperDic: encumbered