incommode

American  

[in-kuh-mohd] / ˌɪn kəˈmoʊd /

verb (used with object)

incommoded, incommoding

1. to inconvenience or discomfort; disturb; trouble.

   Synonyms:

   discommode

   Antonyms:

   help

2. to impede; hinder.

   Synonyms:

   obstruct, delay

   Antonyms:

   expedite

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incommode British  

/ ˌɪnkəˈməʊd /

verb

1. (tr) to bother, disturb, or inconvenience

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Etymology

Origin of incommode

First recorded in 1510–20; from Latin incommodāre, from incommodus “inconvenient”; equivalent to in- ³ + commode

Example Sentences

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

To execute this Project they posted themselves behind the Scheld, from whence they indeed did very much incommode us.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume III Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

Every Person knows what Boils are at Sight, which are considerably painful when large, highly inflamed, or so situated as to incommode the Motions, or different Positions of the Body.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)

I hope Dafydd Dafis does not incommode you with the road-engine, Thomas Kerr?

From Mushroom Town by Onions, Oliver

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 Kock, Charles Paul de