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
The rain can not incommode them as he does us.
From Lost in the Jungle Narrated for Young People by Paul B. (Paul Belloni) Du Chaillu
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
Oh, I beg, I beg, do not incommode yourself.
From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
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
“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
"By the way, I hope you're not incommoded in any way by my—er—odor!"
From The City in the Clouds by C. Ranger Gull
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
The actress was charged with "crowding, obstructing or incommoding."
From Fox News ● Oct. 15, 2019
“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
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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