incommode
Pronunciation: /ˌɪnkəˈməʊd/
The English word “incommode” has 5 meanings listed here.
verb
- To make (someone) uncomfortable; to discomfort, to disturb, to trouble.
- To cause (someone or something) inconvenience; to hinder, to impede, to inconvenience, to obstruct.
adjective
noun
- Something which causes inconvenience or trouble; a bother, an incommodity, an inconvenience.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from French incommoder (“to bother, disconcert, incommode”), from Latin incommodāre, the present active infinitive of incommodō (“to inconvenience”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + commodō (“to accommodate, adapt; to bestow, provide; to hire, lend”) (from com- (a variant of con- (prefix indicating completeness or intensification)) + modō (the ablative or singular of modus…
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