discommode

 [dis-kuh-mohd]  

dis·com·mode

   [dis-kuh-mohd]
verb (used with object), dis·com·mod·ed, dis·com·mod·ing.
to cause inconvenience to; disturb, trouble, or bother.
Origin:
1715–25; < French discommoder, equivalent to dis- dis-1 + -commoder, verbal derivative of commode convenient; see commode

Related forms
dis·com·mo·di·ous, adjective
dis·com·mo·di·ous·ly, adverb
dis·com·mo·di·ous·ness, noun
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discommode (ˌdɪskəˈməʊd)
 
—vb
(tr) to cause inconvenience or annoyance to; disturb
 
discom'modious
 
—adj
 
discom'modiously
 
—adv

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