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
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
Nor is it necessary for the hostess to incommode herself by rising, during the course of the dinner, to greet a late-comer and make him known to the other guests.
From Book of Etiquette Volume I by Lillian Eichler
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 Henry James
I do not wish to incommode you, my good lady, only to inquire about those who set out so rashly in the boat before we came up to the wharf.
From Silent Struggles by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
“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
Every Night, Sundays not excepted here are Plays or Operas; and tho' the Weather has been hot, and the Houses full, one is not incommoded by the Heat so much as with us in Winter.
From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Chester E. Jorgenson
If you are fortunately able to ride backward as well as forward, you will be less incommoded with flying sparks, by sitting with your back to the engine.
From The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book by Eliza Leslie
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
For this incommoding guest of a day, they pillage their garden, bully their children and servants, and neglect their work.
From The Simple Life by Mary Louise Hendee
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