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Showing words for ENCUMBERED using the English dictionary

10 Letter Words for Encumbered

encumbered

8 Letter Words for Encumbered

cumbered, december, encumber, numbered, undecree

7 Letter Words for Encumbered

bedemen, bedunce, cedrene, cerumen, crubeen, crumbed, decener, ecumene, embrued, emender, reedmen, umbered

6 Letter Words for Encumbered

bedeen, bedene, beemen, bendee, bender, beneme, berede, berend, bermed, bunced, bunder, burden, burned, cendre, cerned, crumen, cuemen, cumber, cumbre, cumene, curbed, decene, decern, decree, deemer, deener, demure, dumber, durene, embden, embrue, emceed, emured, endere, endure, eundem, mbeuer, meered, mendee, mender, meneer, needer, numbed, number, rebend, recede, recumb, redeem, reduce, reeden, remede, remend, remene, reuben, unbred

5 Letter Words for Encumbered

beden, bedur, bemud, berme, berne, berun, brede, breed, breem, bruce, brume, brune, bunce, cebur, ceder, cedre, cered, cerne, creed, creem, creen, creme, crude, crumb, cubed, cuber, cured, deben, decem, deere, demur, deneb, deuce, dunce, duree, educe, embed, ember, embue, emcee, emden, emend, emure, ender, endue, erned, eucre, meece, mened, merce, merde, mered, mudee, mured, neemb, neume, nuder, rebec, rebed, rebud, redub, redue, reede, remen, remue, rendu, reune, rumen, runed, umber, umbre, unbed, undee, under, unred, urdee, urned

4 Letter Words for Encumbered

bdrm, bede, bedu, been, beer, beme, bend, bene, bere, berm, bern, bred, bree, brum, bude, bund, burd, bure, burn, cebu, cede, cene, cere, cern, cmdr, cred, crub, crud, crue, crum, cube, cued, cund, curb, curd, cure, curn, dbrn, debe, deem, deen, deer, deme, dene, dere, derm, dern, dree, drub, drum, duce, duer, dumb, dune, durn, ebcd, ecru, eden, educ, emer, emeu, ende, ened, ered, erme, erne, erub, eruc, eure, mede, meed, meer, mend, mene, menu, merc, merd, mere, mund, mure, nebe, need, neem, neer, nerd, neum, nude, numb, nurd, recd, rede, reed, reem, reen, rend, rube, rude, rued, ruen, rumb, rume, rund, rune, unbe, unce, unde, urde

3 Letter Words for Encumbered

bcd, bde, bec, bed, bee, ben, ber, bmr, bud, bum, bun, bur, cdr, cee, cen, cer, cmd, cru, cub, cud, cue, cum, cun, cur, dcb, deb, dec, dee, dem, den, der, dub, duc, due, dum, dun, dur, ebn, ecb, ecm, ecu, eec, een, eer, eme, emu, enc, end, ene, erd, ere, ern, mbd, med, mee, men, mer, meu, mrd, mud, mun, nbe, neb, ned, nee, nub, num, nur, rcd, reb, rec, red, ree, rem, rnd, rub, ruc, rud, rue, rum, run, ubc, ume, unb, unc, urb, urd, ure, urn

Definitions for Encumbered

[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 Encumbered

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

Words nearby Encumbered

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

Origin of Encumbered

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 Encumbered

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

Word origin for Encumbered

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

Synonyms for Encumbered

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