discommode

[ dis-kuh-mohd ]

/ ˌdɪs kəˈmoʊd /

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verb (used with object), dis·com·mod·ed, dis·com·mod·ing.

to cause inconvenience to; disturb, trouble, or bother.

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transliterate

to remove or destroy all traces of.

to change (letters, words, etc.), into corresponding characters of another alphabet or language.

to explain in terms that can be more easily understood.

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Origin of discommode

1715–25; < French discommoder, equivalent to dis- dis-¹ + -commoder, verbal derivative of commode convenient; see commode

OTHER WORDS FROM discommode

dis·com·mo·di·ous, adjectivedis·com·mo·di·ous·ly, adverbdis·com·mo·di·ous·ness, noun

Words nearby discommode

discomfit, discomfiture, discomfort, discomfortable, discommend, discommode, discommodity, discommon, discompose, discomposure, discomycete

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Example sentences from the Web for discommode

For this end it was necessary to discommode myself of my cloak, and of the volume which I carried in the pocket of my cloak.
Edgar Huntley|Charles Brockden Brown
An air of breathlessness about Rachel seemed to discommode her friends.
Erik Dorn|Ben Hecht
To ask for a guarantor for a reputable resident is simply to discommode two people instead of one.
A Library Primer|John Cotton Dana
The boys shouted to their animals, who flew across the plain as though the snow did not discommode them in the least.
The Young Ranchers|Edward S. Ellis

I objected, for I did not wish to discommode him in the least and told him a good bed could be fixed in the mess wagon.
Dangers of the Trail in 1865|Charles E Young

British Dictionary definitions for discommode

discommode

/ (ˌdɪskəˈməʊd) /

verb

(tr) to cause inconvenience or annoyance to; disturb

Derived forms of discommode

discommodious, adjectivediscommodiously, adverb

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discommode

verb (used with object), dis·com·mod·ed, dis·com·mod·ing.

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British Dictionary definitions for discommode

verb

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