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”; see 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

As the meal progressed, and the last of the champagne sparkled in his glass, certain things said to him by Zuleika—certain implied criticisms that had rankled, yes—lost their power to discommode him.

From Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story by Beerbohm, Max, Sir

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)

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 fear I shall discommode you:” it is better to say, incommode.

From Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected by Anonymous