'Inconvenience' definitions:

Definition of 'inconvenience'

(from WordNet)
noun
An inconvenient discomfort [syn: inconvenience, incommodiousness]
noun
A difficulty that causes anxiety [syn: troublesomeness, inconvenience, worriment]
noun
The quality of not being useful or convenient [ant: convenience]
verb
To cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but..." [syn: trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother]

Definition of 'Inconvenience'

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

Definition of 'Inconvenience'

From: 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]

Synonyms of 'inconvenience'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Inconvenience'