inconvenience

inconvenience
n
1. awkwardness, cumbersomeness, unfitness, onerousness; unhandiness, inoppor-tuneness, inappropriateness, untimeliness, unseasonableness; disadvantageousness, troublesomeness, Inf. worriment.
2. trouble, bother, annoyance, pain; nuisance, Sl. pain in the neck, disturbance, Sl. drag, bore; disadvantage, discommodity, drawback; encumbrance, burden, Albatross around one's neck, millstone around one's neck, monkey on one's back; stumbling block, impediment, hindrance, roadblock.
v
3. incommode, discommode, discomfort, discompose, put out, cumber, trouble, make [s.o.] go out of his way; unsettle, put off, disturb, bother, worry, Sl. bug, Sl. hassle; impose upon, encroach upon, interfere; impede, hinder, distract, annoy, burden, weigh on.

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  • 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 Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • inconvenience — vb Inconvenience, incommode, discommode, trouble are comparable when they mean to subject to disturbance or annoyance. Inconvenience usually suggests little more than interference with one s plans, one s comfort, or one s freedom of action; it… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • inconvenience — I verb annoy, be obstructive, be uncooperative, bother, disadvantage, discommode, displace, disturb, encumber, give trouble, hamper, hinder, impede, impose hardship, incommode, irritate, obstruct, stall, stand in the way, stymie, thwart, trouble …   Law dictionary

  • Inconvenience — In con*ven ience, v. t. To put to inconvenience; to incommode; as, to inconvenience a neighbor. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • inconvenience — [n] bother, trouble aggravation, annoyance, awkwardness, bothersomeness, cumbersomeness, difficulty, disadvantage, disruption, disturbance, drawback, exasperation, fuss, hindrance, nuisance, pain*, stew*, trial, troublesomeness, uneasiness,… …   New thesaurus

  • inconvenience — ► NOUN ▪ the state or fact of being slightly troublesome or difficult. ► VERB ▪ cause inconvenience to. DERIVATIVES inconvenient adjective inconveniently adverb …   English terms dictionary

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  • inconvenience — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, great, major, serious ▪ mere, mild, minor, slight ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

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  • inconvenience — I UK [ˌɪnkənˈviːnɪəns] / US [ˌɪnkənˈvɪnɪəns] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms inconvenience : singular inconvenience plural inconveniences an annoying problem or situation, especially one that forces you to make an extra effort to do… …   English dictionary

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