different between cumbersome vs complicated

English

Etymology

cumber (“hindrance”) +? -some.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?mb?s?m/

Adjective

cumbersome (comparative more cumbersome, superlative most cumbersome)

1. Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; vexatious
2. Not easily managed or handled; awkward; clumsy.

   Cumbersome machines can endanger operators and slow down production.

3. Hard, difficult, demanding to handle or get around with.

   A slaves' work was as cumbersome as toiling on the fields, or in the mines.

4. Inert, lumbering, slow in movement

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:difficult

Derived terms

• cumbersomely
• cumbersomeness

Synonyms

• cumbrous
• unwieldy

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?mpl?ke?t?d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?mpl?ke?t?d/
• Hyphenation: com?pli?cat?ed

Adjective

complicated (comparative more complicated, superlative most complicated)

1. Difficult or convoluted.

   It seems this complicated situation will not blow over soon.

   • Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […]  Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.

2. (biology) Folded longitudinally (as in the wings of certain insects).

Antonyms

• simple

Translations

Verb

complicated

1. simple past tense and past participle of complicate

   The process of fixing the car engine was complicated by the lack of tools.