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disoblige
[ dis-uh-blahyj ]
verb (used with object)
- to refuse or neglect to oblige; act contrary to the desire or convenience of; fail to accommodate.
- to give offense to; affront:
to be disobliged by a tactless remark.
- to cause inconvenience to; incommode:
to be disobliged by an uninvited guest.
disoblige
/ ˌɪəˈɪ /
verb
- to disregard the desires of
- to slight; insult
- informal.to cause trouble or inconvenience to
Derived Forms
- ˌ徱ˈԲ, adjective
- ˌ徱ˈԲness, noun
- ˌ徱ˈԲly, adverb
Other yvlog Forms
- 徱o·iԲ· adverb
- 徱o·iԲ·Ա noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of disoblige1
Example Sentences
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.
Instead, it added, he had "portrayed himself as a victim of a conspiracy… and continued to refer to the complainants in a disobliging and sometimes offensive manner".
With bizarre exemptions such as these, is it any wonder that the British public is increasingly disobliging and restless?
Adolescence was not the fearful event it is now, when our innocent, adoring, clear-skinned children become “disobliging, somewhat deranged and kind of disgusting.”
It is a disobliging truth: cats do not obey humans.
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