disoblige
Americanverb (used with object)
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to refuse or neglect to oblige; act contrary to the desire or convenience of; fail to accommodate.
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to give offense to; affront.
to be disobliged by a tactless remark.
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to cause inconvenience to; incommode.
to be disobliged by an uninvited guest.
verb
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to disregard the desires of
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to slight; insult
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informal to cause trouble or inconvenience to
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of disoblige
1595–1605; < Middle French desobliger, equivalent to des- dis- 1 + obliger to oblige
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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
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