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
Would you mind asking her, in reporting to her of what my subject is, whether this extra thousand would incommode them.
From The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II by James, Henry
I hope Dafydd Dafis does not incommode you with the road-engine, Thomas Kerr?
From Mushroom Town by Onions, Oliver
The stranger begged that she might not incommode any one; and drew back.
From The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Burney, Fanny
He opened his lips very slightly when he spoke, and the short pipe that seemed to grow there did not appear at all to incommode his speech.
From The Happy Warrior by Hutchinson, A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth)
“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
The police took kindly to us, and gave us good positions of advantage, where we could see everything that took place thereabouts, and even protected us from being incommoded.
From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Holyoake, George Jacob
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 Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard)
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
Dozens of people were charged with crowding, obstructing or incommoding, including 78 who were arrested in the Senate office buildings.
From Fox News ● Oct. 5, 2018
“After officers arrived on the scene, they warned the demonstrators to cease and desist with their unlawful demonstration activities,” Malecki wrote in a statement, saying that protesters were charged with crowding, obstructing or incommoding.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 29, 2017
Be careful always in opening a door or raising a window in a public parlor, that you are not incommoding any one else.
From The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Hartley, Florence
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