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
If he had done either, I know I should have said, “Sit still, sir, you will not incommode me, and I hope I shall not annoy you.”
From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
"I beg your pardon, madam," said Lynborough, "but if it does not incommode you, would you have the great kindness to permit me to open the gate?"
From Helena's Path by Anthony Hope
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
Nor will my presence incommode you for long.
From Fairies Afield by Mrs. (Mary Louisa) Molesworth
“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 George Jacob Holyoake
Loaded with the alms of the Gallileans, the apostles returned to their master, who again found himself incommoded by the multitude which flocked to see him.
From Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels by Paul Henry Thiry Baron d' Holbach
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
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
All were charged with disturbing the peace through crowding, obstructing or incommoding, police spokeswoman Eva Malecki told The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2019
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
The ultimate apotheosis would appear to be that of a man sitting quite still, not daring to stir for fear of disturbing a fly, nor to eat for fear of incommoding a microbe.
From Orthodoxy by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
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