discommode

[ dis-kuh-mohd ]

verb (used with object)

, dis·com·mod·ed, dis·com·mod·ing.

1. to cause inconvenience to; disturb, trouble, or bother.

discommode

/ ˌdɪskəˈməʊd /

verb

1. tr to cause inconvenience or annoyance to; disturb

Derived Forms

• ˌdiscomˈmodious, adjective
• ˌdiscomˈmodiously, adverb

Other Words From

• discom·modi·ous adjective
• discom·modi·ous·ly adverb
• discom·modi·ous·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of discommode¹

First recorded in 1650–60; from French discommoder, equivalent to dis- dis- ¹ + -commoder, verbal derivative of commode “convenient”; commode

Example Sentences

Edward M. Davis, the police chief and a man of antiquated views and diction, told our organizing committee in early June that a L.G.B.T. march would “discommode the public” and that he’d have to allow “thieves and burglars” to parade next.

From New York Times

I decided not to discommode him further on walks by abruptly bringing him out into the same car-whizzing streets that had so shivered and terrified him, so when we went outside it was through the back door into a warren of unthreatening urban alleyways.

From Washington Post

Then, again, one could legalize certain narcotics to discommode the drug dealers and adopt Steve Forbes’s flat tax to fill up the Treasury.

From Wall Street Journal

“We wouldn’t discommode you. We got a little something in the basket. We can make out.”

From Literature

“We wouldn’t discommode you. We got a little something in the basket. We can make out.”

From Literature