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disoblige

[ dis-uh-blahyj ]
/ ˌdɪs əˈblaɪdʒ /
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verb (used with object), dis·o·bliged, dis·o·blig·ing.

to refuse or neglect to oblige; act contrary to the desire or convenience of; fail to accommodate.
to give offense to; affront: to be disobliged by a tactless remark.
to cause inconvenience to; incommode: to be disobliged by an uninvited guest.

RELATED WORDS

disturb, affront, slight, bother, inconvenience, upset, vex, insult, offend, incommode, discommode, trouble

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  8. disomic,
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Origin of disoblige

1595–1605; < Middle French desobliger, equivalent to des- dis-1 + obliger to oblige
Related formsdis·o·blig·ing·ly, adverbdis·o·blig·ing·ness, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for disoblige

disoblige

/ (ˌdɪsəˈblaɪdʒ) /

verb (tr)

to disregard the desires of
to slight; insult
informal to cause trouble or inconvenience to
Derived Formsdisobliging, adjectivedisobligingly, adverbdisobligingness, noun
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Word Origin and History for disoblige

disoblige

v.

c.1600, "to free from obligation;" 1630s, "to refuse to oblige," from French désobliger (c.1300), from des- (see dis-) + Latin obligare (see oblige). Related: Disobliged; disobliging.

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