Meanings
comparative more encumbered · superlative most encumbered
- Weighted down, loaded sufficiently to make slow.
A ship loaded with too much cargo is encumbered.
- Burdened by financial debt, mortgages, or other legal obligations.
'[…] She was married — married against her inclination to my brother. Her fortune was large, and our family estate much encumbered. And this, I fear, is all that can be said for the conduct of one, who was at once her uncle and guardian. My brother did not deserve her; he did not even love her […]'
1811, Jane Austen, chapter 31, in Sense and Sensibility
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of encumber
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveloaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
German behindert, belastet
- behindertweighted down, loaded sufficiently to make slow
- belastetweighted down, loaded sufficiently to make slow
- verschuldetweighted down, loaded sufficiently to make slow
Spanish lastrado
- lastradoweighted down, loaded sufficiently to make slow
Swedish belastad, handikappad
- belastadweighted down, loaded sufficiently to make slow
- handikappadweighted down, loaded sufficiently to make slow
- hindradweighted down, loaded sufficiently to make slow
Turkish mânî olunmuş, yoluna taş koyulmuş
- mânî olunmuşweighted down, loaded sufficiently to make slow
- yoluna taş koyulmuşweighted down, loaded sufficiently to make slow
Cite this entry
encumbered. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encumbered
“encumbered.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encumbered. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “encumbered,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encumbered.
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