discommode

American  

[dis-kuh-mohd] / ˌdɪs kəˈmoʊd /

verb (used with object)

discommoded, discommoding

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

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discommode British  

/ ˌdɪskəˈməʊd /

verb

1. (tr) to cause inconvenience or annoyance to; disturb

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Other Word Forms

• discommodious adjective
• discommodiously adverb
• discommodiousness noun

Etymology

Origin of discommode

First recorded in 1650–60; from French discommoder, equivalent to dis- dis- ¹ + -commoder, verbal derivative of commode “convenient”; commode

Example Sentences

"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

Just like that; very politely, "Don't discommode yourself."

From Hypolympia Or, The Gods in the Island, an Ironic Fantasy by Gosse, Edmund

"I'm sure, Saunders, that it won't discommode me in the least," said his lordship genially.

From The Man from Brodney's by McCutcheon, George Barr

The boys shouted to their animals, who flew across the plain as though the snow did not discommode them in the least.

From The Young Ranchers or, Fighting the Sioux by Ellis, Edward Sylvester

Then he said, with a clearly modulated and rather mincing articulation: 'Would it discommode you to contribute elsewhere a coin with a somewhat different superscription?'

From The Wisdom of Father Brown by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)