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Showing words for ENCUMBER using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Encumber

encumber

7 Letter Words for Encumber

cerumen, crubeen

6 Letter Words for Encumber

crumen, cuemen, cumber, cumbre, cumene, embrue, mbeuer, number, recumb, reuben

5 Letter Words for Encumber

berme, berne, berun, breem, bruce, brume, brune, bunce, cebur, cerne, creem, creen, creme, crumb, cuber, ember, embue, emure, eucre, merce, neemb, neume, rebec, remen, remue, reune, rumen, umber, umbre

4 Letter Words for Encumber

been, beer, beme, bene, bere, berm, bern, bree, brum, bure, burn, cebu, cene, cere, cern, crub, crue, crum, cube, curb, cure, curn, ecru, emer, emeu, erme, erne, erub, eruc, eure, meer, mene, menu, merc, mere, mure, nebe, neem, neer, neum, numb, reem, reen, rube, ruen, rumb, rume, rune, unbe, unce

3 Letter Words for Encumber

bec, bee, ben, ber, bmr, bum, bun, bur, cee, cen, cer, cru, cub, cue, cum, cun, cur, ebn, ecb, ecm, ecu, eec, een, eer, eme, emu, enc, ene, ere, ern, mee, men, mer, meu, mun, nbe, neb, nee, nub, num, nur, reb, rec, ree, rem, rub, ruc, rue, rum, run, ubc, ume, unb, unc, urb, ure, urn

Definitions for Encumber

[1] to impede or hinder; hamper; retard: Red tape encumbers all our attempts at action.
[2] to block up or fill with what is obstructive or superfluous: a mind encumbered with trivial and useless information.
[3] to burden or weigh down: She was encumbered with a suitcase and several packages.
[4] to burden with obligations, debt, etc.
[5] to hinder or impede; make difficult; hamper encumbered with parcels after going shopping at Christmas ; his stupidity encumbers his efforts to learn
[6] to fill with superfluous or useless matter
[7] to burden with debts, obligations, etc

Words related to Encumber

overburden, obstruct, load, cramp, clog, weight, tax, hamper, overload, charge, lade, handicap, inconvenience, incommode, embarrass, hog-tie, retard, saddle, trammel, discommode

Words nearby Encumber

encrustation, encrypt, encryption, enculturate, enculturation, encumber, encumbrance, encumbrancer, ency., encyclical, encyclopedia

Origin of Encumber

1300–50; Middle English encombren < Anglo-French, Middle French encombrer, equivalent to en- en-1 + -combrer, verbal derivative of combre dam, weir < early Medieval Latin combrus < Gaulish *comberos confluence, bringing together (compare Quimper, in Brittany < Breton Kemper ); see com-, bear1

Other words from Encumber

en·cum·ber·ing·ly , adverb
un·en·cum·bered , adjective

Word origin for Encumber

C14: from Old French encombrer, from en- 1 + combre a barrier, from Late Latin combrus, of uncertain origin

Synonyms for Encumber

overburden, block, charge, clog, cramp, discommode, embarrass, hamper, handicap, hinder, hog-tie, impede, incommode, inconvenience, lade, load, obstruct, oppress, overload, retard, saddle, tax, trammel, weight, hang up, hold up, make difficult, saddle with, slow down, weigh down