| encumbrance | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. burden, encumbrance, incumbrance, load, onus | an onerous or difficult concern.; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind" |
| ~ headache, worry, vexation, concern | something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness.; "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry" |
| ~ dead weight | an oppressive encumbrance. |
| ~ fardel | a burden (figuratively in the form of a bundle). |
| ~ imposition | an uncalled-for burden.; "he listened but resented the imposition" |
| ~ pill | something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured.; "his competitor's success was a bitter pill to take" |
| n. (possession) | 2. encumbrance, incumbrance | a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage). |
| ~ charge | financial liabilities (such as a tax).; "the charges against the estate" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. encumbrance, hinderance, hindrance, hitch, incumbrance, interference, preventative, preventive | any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome. |
| ~ clog | any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction. |
| ~ impedimenta, obstruction, impediment, obstructer, obstructor | any structure that makes progress difficult. |
| ~ speed bump | a hindrance to speeding created by a crosswise ridge in the surface of a roadway. |
| weighty | | |
| adj. | 1. weighty | having relatively great weight; heavy.; "a weighty load"; "a weighty package" |
| adj. | 2. cogent, telling, weighty | powerfully persuasive.; "a cogent argument"; "a telling presentation"; "a weighty argument" |
| ~ persuasive | intended or having the power to induce action or belief.; "persuasive eloquence"; "a most persuasive speaker"; "a persuasive argument" |
| adj. | 3. grave, grievous, heavy, weighty | of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought.; "grave responsibilities"; "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"; "a grievous fault"; "heavy matters of state"; "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference" |
| ~ important, of import | of great significance or value.; "important people"; "the important questions of the day" |
| adj. | 4. weighty | weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry.; "weighty problems" |
| ~ heavy | marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness.; "a heavy heart"; "a heavy schedule"; "heavy news"; "a heavy silence"; "heavy eyelids" |
| adj. | 5. corpulent, obese, rotund, weighty | excessively fat.; "a weighty man" |
| ~ fat | having an (over)abundance of flesh.; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was" |
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