inconvenience

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: incommodiousnesstroublesomenessworrimenttroubleput outdisobligediscommodeincommodebother

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. an inconvenient discomfortSynonyms: incommodiousness
  2. a difficulty that causes anxietySynonyms: troublesomenessworriment
  3. the quality of not being useful or convenient

Verb (1)

  1. to cause inconvenience or discomfort to“Sorry to trouble you, but...”Synonyms: troubleput outdisobligediscommodeincommodebother
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Inconvenience \In`con*ven"ience\, n. [L. inconvenientia inconsistency: cf. OF. inconvenience.] [1913 Webster]

1.The quality or condition of being inconvenient; lack of convenience; unfitness; unsuitableness; inexpediency; awkwardness; as, the inconvenience of the arrangement. [1913 Webster]

They plead against the inconvenience, not the unlawfulness, . . . of ceremonies in burial.— Hooker.[1913 Webster]

2.That which gives trouble, embarrassment, or uneasiness; disadvantage; anything that disturbs quiet, impedes prosperity, or increases the difficulty of action or success; as, one inconvenience of life is poverty. [1913 Webster]

A place upon the top of Mount Athos above all clouds of rain, or other inconvenience.— Sir W. Raleigh.[1913 Webster]
Man is liable to a great many inconveniences.— Tillotson.

Syn: Incommodiousness; awkwardness; disadvantage; disquiet; uneasiness; disturbance; annoyance. [1913 Webster]

Inconvenience \In`con*ven"ience\, v. t. To put to inconvenience; to incommode; as, to inconvenience a neighbor. [1913 Webster]
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