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Cumbersome vs Hulking - What's the difference?

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Cumbersome is a related term of hulking.


As adjectives the difference between cumbersome and hulking

is that cumbersome is burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous while hulking is large and bulky.

cumbersome

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous.
  • Not easily managed or handled; awkward.
    • Cumbersome machines can endanger operators and slow down production.
  • Hard, difficult, demanding to handle or get around with.
    • A slaves' work was as cumbersome as toiling on the fields, or in the mines.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * cumbersomely * cumbersomeness

    Synonyms

    * cumbrous

    hulking

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Large and bulky.
  • (man) Tall and heavily built.
  • Unwieldy.

    • Quotations

    * 2001 — , Artemis Fowl , p 212 *: A hulking shape burst through the doorway and hurtled down the corridor, leaving a maelstrom of air currents in his wake.

    Related terms

    * hulk