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

"I am sorry to disoblige you, Mrs. Ross, but it would be unjust," said Mr. Mead.

From The Tin Box and What it Contained by Alger, Horatio

I wouldn't like to disoblige the young lady," he said; "but it's no use putting dead fish back into the stream.

From The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story by Brazil, Angela

As she is the Reservoir of Favour, greater Court is made to her than to the Duke himself, and Woe be to those that dare to disoblige her!

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

He disliked very much to disoblige her, as she belonged to one of the most distinguished families of Georgia, and had many influential relatives among the Secessionists.

From Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 by Doubleday, Abner

Sorry to disoblige you, Mr. Oliphant, but it would never do.

From King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane by Strang, Herbert