Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To put to inconvenience; trouble.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To put to inconvenience; incommode; trouble.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb rare To put inconvenience; to incommode; to trouble.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To cause someone
inconvenience
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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After the rivals see what the court has done, the Republicans and Democrats scurry to make a deal to create or abolish districts so as to protect their favorites and discommode their known enemies, rivals or potential adversaries.
Henry J. Stern: Pants Heating Up Henry J. Stern 2011
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Republicans are adamantly opposed to any taxes that discommode the wealthy.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: Deficit Hysteria: Washington's War on the Young RJ 2011
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Republicans are adamantly opposed to any taxes that discommode the wealthy.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: Deficit Hysteria: Washington's War on the Young RJ 2011
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Republicans are adamantly opposed to any taxes that discommode the wealthy.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: Deficit Hysteria: Washington's War on the Young RJ 2011
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He, alone, had managed to evade and discommode the heavy-worlders, despite their physical superiority.
Cattle Town 2010
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He had no great liking for the man, and so had left the Temple until last so as to discommode Augier, but that was scant consolation when he was himself nodding in his carriage.
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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He had no great liking for the man, and so had left the Temple until last so as to discommode Augier, but that was scant consolation when he was himself nodding in his carriage.
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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He had no great liking for the man, and so had left the Temple until last so as to discommode Augier, but that was scant consolation when he was himself nodding in his carriage.
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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The White House would really rather we didn't discommode it, and therefore we don't?
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"I wouldna discommode ye, mistress, " he said, holding himself stiffly.
A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005
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