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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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 George Henry Borrow
She has married you because father or grandfather thought the match eligible, and because she didn't wish to disoblige them.
From International Short Stories American by Various
True, Sir Luke—and I am afraid my father and mother will begin to be uneasy that I have not got one yet—and I shou'd be very sorry to disoblige them.
From Such Things Are A Play, in Five Acts by Mrs. Inchbald
I'm greatly afraid I am just out of meat, Sergeant—and I'm sorry now to disoblige you, and you not being in the habit of dealing with me—— Sergeant.
From Contemporary One-Act Plays by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
Sorry to disoblige you, fellows," I said sincerely, "but your boss should not have run so close to the wind.
From My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia by Robert Watson
He had disobeyed and disobliged his father, and the thought of this troubled him.
From The Home Mission by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
“Well, I don't love Longcluse, since so he is named; he disobliged me when I was in London,” said the baron.
From Checkmate by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
The man was sorry to have disobliged him, and would carry it back again.
From Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty by Charles Dickens
A man, that saw, and loved, and disobliged, Is banished, and is mad, all in a moment.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 02 by Sir Walter Scott
Poor dear was disobliged by the mere sight of a bo't.
From The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett
A few are offering the odd disobliging word about Mr Dowden, suggesting he never wanted to be party chairman in the first place and was very disappointed to be demoted from being culture secretary.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2022
I sometimes wonder what it is that makes her get up in the morning and face the disobliging headlines and cartoons, and what it is is a very old-fashioned sense of public service.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 16, 2018
As one disobliging student says of them, “The only thing they care about is looking like they care.”
From The Guardian ● Feb. 11, 2016
"You know, the great British portraitist. He was jealous of the prices she commanded and in his work Oriental Tales he was most disobliging about her. Said she was feeble and vulgar!"
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2015
It is a strange thing, but when you are dreading something, and would give anything to slow down time, it has a disobliging habit of speeding up.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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