incommode
Americanverb (used with object)
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to inconvenience or discomfort; disturb; trouble.
- Synonyms:
- discommode
- Antonyms:
- help
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to impede; hinder.
- Antonyms:
- expedite
verb
Etymology
Origin of incommode
First recorded in 1510–20; from Latin incommodāre, from incommodus “inconvenient”; equivalent to in- 3 + commode
Example Sentences
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I submitted that no thought could be further from Dr. Trefusis’s intent than to incommode such an excellent hostess.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
"There is no occasion to incommode yourself by pressing it," wrote Jefferson, "as when received it will be some time before we shall probably find a good occasion of bringing forward the subject."
From Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism by Gilbert Chinard
I am vexed that we must incommode ourselves for such rubbish; but it cannot be helped, such are the times.
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Meanwhile, I will leave you, for you may have a thousand messages to give monsieur for your relations and friends, commissions to intrust to him, and I should be very sorry to incommode you.
From Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 by Charles Paul de Kock
We first incommode with our presence the governor of the Cyclades, a patriotic Greek, who speaks good English and good sense.
From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Julia Ward Howe
“He can, indeed, on a rainy day, devour half a dozen volumes of summer reading, and be no more incommoded than when he swallows as many jellies and puffs at the fashionable confectioners.”
From Washington Post ● May 26, 2020
But his genius once awakened, his faults were shaken off as a garment that would have incommoded the flight of his imagination .
From Time Magazine Archive
“I wouldn’t have incommoded none of you, if I’d had my way.”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
It may be consolatory to the disappointed authors of the present day, to find, how the celebrated author of this comedy was incommoded with theatrical crosses.
From The Inconstant by George Farquhar
One summer morning, while employed with her needle, she found herself incommoded by the warmth of the sun.
From Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character by L. H. (Lydia Howard) Sigourney
A police spokesperson said that Mr Cohen was charged with crowding, obstructing or incommoding - a misdemeanour offence often used in civil disobedience cases in the US capital.
From BBC ● May 15, 2025
Six people appeared before the District of Columbia Superior Court on Tuesday alone to face charges of crowding, obstructing or incommoding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2024
On Wednesday, the protesters pleaded guilty to crowding, obstructing or incommoding, court documents show, and received suspended sentences of 30 days in jail.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 4, 2020
The actress was charged with "crowding, obstructing or incommoding."
From Fox News ● Oct. 15, 2019
Every school-room should be so constructed that each scholar may pass to and from his seat without disturbing or in the least incommoding any other one.
From Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes by Ira Mayhew
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