Reverse Dictionary: ENCUMBER

ADJECTIVES
► ACCUMBERED overwhelmed, embarrassed, entangled, encumbered → c1300 obs.
► CUMBERED encumbered; hindered, hampered, occupied obstructively → 1590
► LAGGERT encumbered, overloaded → 1742 Sc.
► TAGGLIT harassed with anything, encumbered, drudged → 1808 Sc.

NOUNS
► ACCUMBERING the act of encumbering, overloading, or overwhelming → 1340 obs.
► ACCUMBRANCE the of encumbering, impeding, or overwhelming; molestation, injury → 1489 obs.
► ALBATROSS ► ALBATROSS AROUND ONE’S NECK guilt, the haunting past, an unforgettable problem; a source of frustration or obstruction; a burden, an encumbrance; a hindrance → 1883
► CLOG an impediment; an encumbrance → 1526
► CUMBER that which hinders; a hindrance, obstruction, encumbrance, burden → 1425
► CUMBERING hindrance, encumbrance, embarrassment → 1340
► CUMBERMENT an encumbrance → 1840
► CUMBER-WORLD a thing that uselessly encumbers the world → 1374 obs.
► CUMBRANCE a hindering, encumbering, or burdening; hindrance, burden, encumbrance → 1535 obs.
► IMPESTERMENT an entanglement, embarrassment, encumbrance → 1652 obs.
► PLASTER an encumbrance, a burden → 20C Irish sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► CUMBER-WORLD a person or thing that uselessly encumbers the world → 1374 obs.

VERBS
► ACCUMBER to encumber; to overload; to oppress; to overwhelm; to crush → c1314 obs.
► AGGRAVATE to make heavy; to burden, to weigh down; also, to encumber, to impede, to retard → 1530 obs.
► FEAGUE to embarrass, to encumber → 1851 Eng. dial.
► GAFFLE to tease; to incommode, to encumber → Bk1900 Eng. dial.
► IMPESTER to entangle, to embarrass, to encumber → 1601 obs.
► LAGGER  to be encumbered by walking through mire, snow, or the like → 1710 Sc.
– to encumber, to overload; to carry or lead with difficulty → 1825 Sc.
► LANGLE to involve, to encumber, to curb, to restrain, to hamper, to frustrate → 1713 Sc.
► TAGIL ► TAGLE ► TAGYL to entangle, to involve or engage in things that embarrass or encumber → a1340 obs.
► TANGLE to involve or engage a person in affairs which encumber and hamper or embarrass, and from which it is difficult to get free; also, to embarrass, to confuse the brain, mind, conscience, etc. → a1340 obs.