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to incommode

to incommode

9.9
To bother someone by causing them trouble or discomfort
  • verb
  • /ɪnˈkɒməʊd/
  • Archaic
translation icon : incomodar
  • I hope my questions do not incommode you during your busy schedule.

Examples

  • The renovation work might incommode the residents by blocking access to the entrance.

  • We will incommode you no longer.

    A Room with a View (1986)

  • I didn't mean to incommode you with my late arrival to the meeting.

Synonyms

to bother
vsto incommode
∞ 1.0

To annoy or disturb someone

creates practical inconvenience or physical unease rather than emotional annoyance
to trouble
vsto incommode
174 1.8

To cause someone worry or bother

focuses mainly on causing inconvenience or physical discomfort rather than worry
to put out
vsto incommode
43 5.8

Cause someone trouble by making things difficult for them

causes practical inconvenience or physical discomfort rather than just emotional bother
to inconvenience
vsto incommode
37 4.9

To cause trouble or difficulty for someone

focuses more on causing personal discomfort than on practical difficulty
to bedevil
vsto incommode
2 8.2

Cause ongoing trouble and confusion for people or things

causes short term inconvenience or discomfort rather than long persistent trouble
to discomfort
vsto incommode
1 4.3

To make someone feel uneasy or anxious

causes practical inconvenience or trouble rather than chiefly emotional unease
to discommode
vsto incommode
  • Archaic
9.9

To cause someone a little trouble or discomfort

causes inconvenience or discomfort without implying it is slight
to disoblige
vsto incommode
8.9

To refuse or fail to do what someone asks, causing them trouble and upset

causes inconvenience or discomfort without necessarily refusing to help
to commove
vsto incommode
  • Archaic
9.9

To disturb people or things

creates inconvenience or physical unease rather than emotional agitation

Antonyms

to accommodate
63 6.8

Help someone by doing what they ask

How Troubled

to distress
32 4.1
to incommode
  • Archaic
9.9
to bother
∞ 1.0
to annoy
246 1.0

Surface Forms

incommode infinitive
incommoded past
incommoded past participle
incommoding present participle
incommodes third person singular

Morphology

incommode = commode (semi-transparent) = in + commode

Formally 'in-' + 'commode' (convenient) yields 'to inconvenience', but 'commode' as 'convenient' is archaic and modern learners often know 'commode' only as a noun (furniture), so the derivation may not be obvious.

Etymology

Incommode comes from the parts in- 'not' and commodus 'convenient', the same root you see in accommodate. So to incommode someone is to make things 'not convenient' for them, to bother or cause them trouble.