11 Letter Words for Encumbering
encumbering
9 Letter Words for Encumbering
cumbering, numbering, ungeneric
8 Letter Words for Encumbering
beginner, benigner, crumbing, embruing, encumber, meringue, mugience, umbering
7 Letter Words for Encumbering
becrime, beginne, begrime, beguine, berming, bigener, brucine, buncing, burning, cerning, cerumen, creeing, crubeen, cunenei, curbing, eburine, emceing, emuring, energic, enginer, erineum, eugenic, generic, genuine, grieben, iceberg, incubee, ingener, ingenue, meering, micerun, minceur, mucigen, negrine, neurine, numbing, numeric, rebegin, rebegun, reeming, regimen, ringmen, umbrine, unbeing, uncrime, ungreen, unireme, unmerge, urgence
6 Letter Words for Encumbering
begrim, beguin, beigne, bemire, benign, bennie, bergen, berime, bering, bienne, bingee, binger, binmen, bireme, brenne, brigue, brince, brucin, brunei, bungee, bunger, bungie, burgee, burnie, cebine, cerine, cering, cerium, cierge, cinene, crimen, cringe, crinum, crumen, cubing, cuemen, cumber, cumbre, cumene, cunner, curine, curing, curnie, eburin, ecurie, embrue, emigre, emunge, engine, enring, enruin, erbium, eremic, ermine, erning, erucin, germen, germin, ginner, griece, gruine, guebre, gunmen, gunner, icemen, imbrue, incube, ingene, ingenu, ingnue, ingrum, inguen, mbeuer, mening, merice, mering, mincer, munger, murein, murine, muring, nemine, nerine, nerium, neumic, neuric, neurin, nibung, nicene, nincum, number, numine, recumb, regime, regnum, rengue, reuben, rignum, rubine, rueing, rugine, unbeen, uncrib, unnice, unrein, unring, uremic, urning
5 Letter Words for Encumbering
begem, begin, begum, begun, beice, beige, being, benic, benim, benin, benne, benni, berme, berne, berun, binge, birne, biune, breem, brine, bring, bruce, bruin, brume, brune, brung, bugre, bunce, burge, burin, cebur, cerge, cerin, cerne, creem, creen, creme, crime, crine, crumb, cuber, cuing, cumin, cunei, cunni, curie, curin, eigne, eimer, ember, embue, emigr, emure, engem, engin, ennui, enrib, ering, eucre, gebur, genic, genie, genin, genre, gerbe, gerim, gerne, giber, grebe, grece, green, grein, grice, grime, grume, gunne, imber, imbue, incur, inerm, ingem, inger, inner, inrub, inrun, inure, inurn, irene, menge, merce, merci, merge, meuni, minbu, mince, miner, minge, mucin, munge, munic, neemb, neger, neume, nguni, nicer, niece, niger, niner, nucin, numen, nunce, rebec, rebeg, regie, regin, reice, reign, remen, remue, reneg, renig, renin, renne, reune, ringe, rubin, ruing, rumen, runic, ugric, umber, umbre, unice, unrig, urbic, ureic, urine
4 Letter Words for Encumbering
been, beer, bein, beme, bene, beng, beni, benn, bere, berg, berm, bern, bice, bien, bier, bine, bing, birn, bree, brei, brie, brig, brim, brin, brum, bung, bunn, bure, burg, buri, burn, cebu, cene, cere, cern, cine, cire, crib, crig, crim, crin, crub, crue, crum, cube, cubi, cuir, curb, cure, curn, ecru, eger, eine, eire, emer, emeu, emic, emir, engr, eric, erie, erin, erme, erne, erub, eruc, euge, eure, geer, geic, gein, geir, gene, genu, gerb, gere, germ, geum, gibe, gien, ginn, gire, girn, gneu, gree, gren, grim, grin, grub, grue, grum, grun, guib, gumi, gurn, icbm, icer, imbe, imbu, inbe, incr, inne, iure, meer, mein, mene, meng, menu, merc, mere, meri, mice, mien, mine, ming, mire, muir, mung, muni, mure, nebe, nebn, neem, neer, nein, nemn, nene, neum, nice, nimb, nine, numb, nunc, nung, reem, reen, reim, rein, renn, rgen, ribe, rice, riem, rime, rimu, rine, ring, rube, ruen, ruin, rumb, rume, rune, rung, unbe, unce, unci, unie, urge, uric, urim
3 Letter Words for Encumbering
bec, bee, beg, ben, ber, big, bim, bin, bmr, bug, bum, bun, bur, cee, cen, cer, cgm, cie, cig, cir, cru, cub, cue, cum, cun, cur, ebn, ecb, ecg, ecm, ecu, eec, eeg, een, eer, eir, eme, emu, enc, ene, eng, ere, erg, ern, geb, gee, gem, gen, ger, gib, gie, gim, gin, gnu, gub, gue, gui, gum, gun, gur, ibm, ice, ign, imu, inc, ing, inn, ire, mcg, mee, meg, mei, men, mer, meu, mgr, mib, mic, mig, min, mir, mri, mug, mun, nbe, nbg, neb, nee, neg, nei, nib, nie, nig, nim, nne, nub, num, nun, nur, rbi, reb, rec, ree, reg, rei, rem, rib, rie, rig, rim, rin, rub, ruc, rue, rug, rum, run, ubc, ubi, ume, unb, unc, ung, uni, unn, urb, ure, urn
Definitions for Encumbering
[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 Encumbering
encumberoverburden, obstruct, load, cramp, clog, weight, tax, hamper, overload, charge, lade, handicap, inconvenience, incommode, embarrass, hog-tie, retard, saddle, trammel, discommode
Words nearby Encumbering
encumberencrustation, encrypt, encryption, enculturate, enculturation, encumber, encumbrance, encumbrancer, ency., encyclical, encyclopedia
Origin of Encumbering
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 Encumbering
en·cum·ber·ing·ly , adverb
un·en·cum·bered , adjective
Word origin for Encumbering
C14: from Old French encombrer, from en- 1 + combre a barrier, from Late Latin combrus, of uncertain origin
Synonyms for Encumbering
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
