discommode
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Etymology
Origin of discommode
First recorded in 1650–60; from French discommoder, equivalent to dis- dis- 1 + -commoder, verbal derivative of commode “convenient”; see commode
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
"Our theory," explains Rich, "is that 95% of the people are honest, and we're not going to discommode 95 people to root out the other five."
From Time Magazine Archive
Pray do not let us discommode you or your household.
From Viola Gwyn by McCutcheon, George Barr
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.
From Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker by Brown, Charles Brockden
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.
From Dangers of the Trail in 1865 A Narrative of Actual Events by Patterson, H. DeF.
"I am afraid to discommode you, Miss Percival."
From The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival The Belle of the Delaware by Percival, Kate
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
