inconvenience : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: inconvenience	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for inconvenience
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inconvenience n an inconvenient discomfort [syn: inconvenience, incommodiousness] a difficulty that causes anxiety Synonym(s): troublesomeness, inconvenience, worriment the quality of not being useful or convenient Antonym(s): convenience v to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but..." Synonym(s): trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inconvenience \In`conven"ience\, n. [L. inconvenientia inconsistency: cf. OF. inconvenience.] 1. The quality or condition of being inconvenient; want of convenience; unfitness; unsuitableness; inexpediency; awkwardness; as, the inconvenience* of the arrangement. They plead against the inconvenience, not the unlawfulness, . . . of ceremonies in burial. --Hooker. 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. A place upon the top of Mount Athos above all clouds of rain, or other inconvenience. --Sir W. Raleigh. Man is liable to a great many inconveniences. --Tillotson. Syn: Incommodiousness; awkwardness; disadvantage; disquiet; uneasiness; disturbance; annoyance.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inconvenience \In`conven"ience\, v. t. To put to inconvenience; to incommode; as, to inconvenience* a neighbor.