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 heartily sorry for it; for I declare, I would rather disoblige all the critics in the world than one of the fair sex.

From Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by Saintsbury, George

This made them laugh, and then they questioned me about Saint James, and the troops there, and the captain-general; and not to disoblige them, I told them all I knew, and much more. 

From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry

D'Artagnan saw that he should disoblige him by again interfering.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 by Various

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

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