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discommode

verb dis·com·mode \ˌdis-kə-ˈmōd\

dis·com·mod·eddis·com·mod·ing

Definition of DISCOMMODE

transitive verb

: to cause inconvenience to : trouble

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Origin of DISCOMMODE

French discommoder, from dis- + commode convenient — more at commode

First Known Use: 1678

Related to DISCOMMODE

Synonyms: inconvenience, disoblige, disturb, incommode, put out, trouble

Antonyms: accommodate, favor, oblige

Rhymes with DISCOMMODE

à la mode, antipode, carbo-load, down the road, eigenmode, electrode, episode, frontage road, front-end load, hit the road, impastoed, incommode, internode, Kozhikode, microcode, mother lode, Nesselrode, object code, palinode, penal code, pigeon-toed, service road, sinus node, trematode, wagonload

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