Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Anything worthless.
Wiktionary
- n. obsolete Totally worthless object or person; something that is just in the way.
Etymologies
- cumber + ground (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The church and a profession are the best of places for the upright; but the worst in the world for the cumberground.”
“The day will surely come, when I must quit this frail tabernacle, and it may be soon -- I certainly know, I am not of importance eno 'in this world, for any one to wish my stay -- rather am I, and so I consider myself as a cumberground.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘cumberground’.
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Nincompoopery
Words that clatter and tumble
nincompoop, pettyfoggery, gaberlunzie, cattywampus, weisenheimer, katzenjammer, hecklephone, loblolly, carriwitchet, flibbertyjibbet, hornswoggle, thimblerigger and 161 more...
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Gapeseeds and Muckworms - Compound De...
A list of compound derogatory names such as gapeseed, muckworm and lickspittle. Your one-word contributions to this list are welcome.
See sionnach's list derogatory terms I should use ...gapeseed, muckworm, lickspittle, makeweight, bootlicker, backscratcher, apple-polisher, backslapper, brownnoser, rakeshame, yesman, freeloader and 293 more...
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Valuseless
Of low worth or little importance.
Unwanted matter by drusky is a nice, related list.trivial, cheap, inutile, ineffectual, dross, floccinaucinihili..., gimcrack, frippery, invalidated, drivel, otiose, tripe and 91 more...
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derogatory terms I should use more often
assmarmot, scuzzbucket, scumbag, sleazebag, slimeball, swamp donkey, barathrum, cacafuego, clarty-paps, comprachico, ephemeromorph, creodont and 162 more...
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word list!!!!
lagniappe
syzygy, bloviate, lagniappe, laconic, condign, umbrage, susurrus, thaumaturgy, capacious, capitulate, glower, repast and 179 more...
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Dusty Pejoratives
landlubber, blatherskite, hangdog, spurious, flibbertigibbet, ragamuffin, cumberground
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rememberers
prolix, ageusia, animadversion, anodyne, antic, arabesque, beadle, brachymetropia, colophon, desquamation, diaphoresis, diegesis and 3248 more...
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Obnoxious Company
I feel like I have such a negative mind-set for doing lists like these, haha! But they are fun words to use in writing, anyway- especially when writing big-headed characters that like to insult peo...
harridan, groise, grinagog, frippet, belluine, dangleation, irascible, malingerer, chiseler, soubrette, acrasial, bruit and 31 more...
Tweets
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yaybob Someone who takes up space. Dec 9, 2008
sionnach something totally worthless and in the way. Jan 9, 2008