incommodious C2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˌɪnkəˈmoʊdiəs/ UK /ˌɪnkəˈməʊdiəs/ See IPA manual Freq #280550 Meanings 1 adj uncomfortably or inconveniently small incommodious hotel accommodations 2 adj Uncomfortable or inhospitable, especially due to being cramped or small, narrow, etc. Tellson's Bank by Temple Bar was an old-fashioned place, even in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty. It was very small, very dark, very ugly, very incommodious. 3 adj Discomforting, inconvenient, or disagreeable. He was ſometimes ſo far compaſſionated by thoſe who knew both his merit and diſtreſſes, that they received him into their famillies, but they ſoon diſovered him to be a very incommodious inmate; […] 4 adj Troublesome; difficult to deal with. In the time of this Commodus, although hee was an incommodious prince to the ſenators of Rome, yet notwithstanding there was ſome quietneſſe univerſally through the whole church of Christ from percefution, by what occaſion it is not certaine. Thesaurus Synonyms 3 adj · discomforting,... annoyingincommodetroublesome Word family Forms incommodiousness Derived forms incommodiouslyincommodiousness Related forms incommodeincommodity Etymology From in- + commodious. Compare Latin incommodus. Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # incommodious **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˌɪnkəˈmoʊdiəs/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌɪnkəˈməʊdiəs/ **Frequency rank:** 280550 ## Meanings 1. uncomfortably or inconveniently small 2. Uncomfortable or inhospitable, especially due to being cramped or small, narrow, etc. 3. Discomforting, inconvenient, or disagreeable. 4. Troublesome; difficult to deal with. ## Examples - incommodious hotel accommodations - Tellson's Bank by Temple Bar was an old-fashioned place, even in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty. It was very small, very dark, very ugly, very incommodious. - He was ſometimes ſo far compaſſionated by thoſe who knew both his merit and diſtreſſes, that they received him into their famillies, but they ſoon diſovered him to be a very incommodious inmate; […] - In the time of this Commodus, although hee was an incommodious prince to the ſenators of Rome, yet notwithstanding there was ſome quietneſſe univerſally through the whole church of Christ from percefution, by what occaſion it is not certaine. ## Derived Forms - incommodiously - incommodiousness ## Related Forms - incommode - incommodity ## Etymology From in- + commodious. Compare Latin incommodus. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown