disoblige

American  

[dis-uh-blahyj] / ˌdɪs əˈblaɪdʒ /

verb (used with object)

disobliged, disobliging

1. to refuse or neglect to oblige; act contrary to the desire or convenience of; fail to accommodate.

2. to give offense to; affront.

   to be disobliged by a tactless remark.

3. to cause inconvenience to; incommode.

   to be disobliged by an uninvited guest.

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disoblige British  

/ ˌdɪsəˈblaɪdʒ /

verb

1. to disregard the desires of

2. to slight; insult

3. informal to cause trouble or inconvenience to

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Other Word Forms

• disobliging
  adjective
• disobligingly
  adverb
• disobligingness
  noun

Etymology

Origin of disoblige

1595–1605; < Middle French desobliger, equivalent to des- dis- ¹ + obliger to oblige

Example Sentences

Disoblige, dis-o-blīj′, v.t. to offend by an act of unkindness or incivility: to do something against the wishes of another: to injure slightly.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various