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

Derived Forms

• disobligingness
  noun
• disobliging
  adjective
• disobligingly
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of disoblige

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

Example Sentences

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

Sorry to disoblige, old feller, but I'm on duty where Miss Verbena is now, you see, as she's just promised to be my wife.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, March 29, 1890 by Various

We are so fond of, and pleased with the general Notion of seeing the Devil, that I am loth to disoblige my Readers so much as calling in question his Visibility would do.

From The History of the Devil As Well Ancient as Modern: In Two Parts by Defoe, Daniel

To inconvenience and disoblige so large a constituency as this may naturally produce some effect.

From The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses by Bostwick, Arthur Elmore

"I am sorry to disoblige you, Mr. Tom Thornton; but I must respectfully decline to give you any information on that point," I answered, firmly.

From Seek and Find or The Adventures of a Smart Boy by Optic, Oliver