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
Example Sentences
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"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 Oliver Optic
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 George Saintsbury
It was consolatory, nevertheless, to her feelings, that Ireton, hitherto her defamer, should acquiesce in this offer, which, at least, not to disoblige Mrs Maple, she would accept for the moment.
From The Wanderer (Volume 2 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Fanny Burney
I will teach you to dare importune Mr. Gorgibus, and plague him with your absurdities!——Ah! my brother … ——Hold your tongue, I tell you.——I would not disoblige … —— … Be silent, rascal.——
From The Flying Doctor (Le Médecin Volant) by Charles Heron Wall
Mar. Do, that's a good Boy; and I won't disoblige him this two days.
From The Female Wits by Anonymous
I hope I may have leave to observe transiently, that none but angry men, that is, such as hold themselves disobliged at Court, are the Pillars of his Party.
From His Majesties Declaration Defended by John Dryden
“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
He had disobeyed and disobliged his father, and the thought of this troubled him.
From The Home Mission by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
Cit.—And he has not disobliged you at all, has he?
From The Complete English Tradesman (1839 ed.) by Daniel Defoe
Poor dear was disobliged by the mere sight of a bo't.
From The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett
Granted, Sir Chris Bryant was almost as disobliging about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor 15 years ago, as an opposition MP, when there were calls then for him to be sacked as the government's trade envoy.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
She was suspected of suffering in silence, when silence is seen as weak or disobliging, and she was denigrated for it, her denials distrusted.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 9, 2019
"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
After such outlay, it was disobliging to score only 60 times in the league last season and City were a hindrance to themselves.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 22, 2011
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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