Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   inconvenience

   /ˌɪnkənˈviːnɪəns/

   noun

   • 1. the state or fact of being troublesome or difficult with regard to one's personal requirements or comfort: "the inconvenience of having to change trains" Similar troublebotherproblemsdisruptionnuisance valuedisadvantagedifficultyembarrassmentdisturbancevexationharassmentworryanxietydistressconcerndisquietuneaseirritationannoyancestressagitationunpleasantnessinformal:aggravationhassleOpposite help
   • ▪ a cause of trouble or difficulty: "the inconveniences of life in a remote city" Similar nuisancetroublebothersource of disruption/vexation/irritation/annoyancevexationworrytrialtribulationbindpestboreplagueirritantthorn in someone's fleshcross to bearthe bane of someone's lifeburdenhindranceprobleminformal:headachepainpain in the neckpain in the backsidedragaggravationhasslepain in the buttburr under/in someone's saddlefair cownarkinformal, dated:blistervulgar slang:pain in the arsepain in the assOpposite convenience

   verb

   • 1. cause trouble or difficulty to: "noise and fumes from traffic would inconvenience residents"

   Word Origin late Middle English (originally in the sense ‘incongruity’, also ‘unsuitability’): via Old French from late Latin inconvenientia ‘incongruity, inconsistency’, from in- ‘not’ + Latin convenient- ‘agreeing, fitting’ (see convenient).

   Scrabble Points: 20

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

   • C

     3

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

   • V

     4

   • E

     1

   • N

     1

   • I

     1

   • E

     1

   • N

     1

   • C

     3

   • E

     1

   Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

   More definitions, origin and scrabble points