About The Word Disoblige
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Disoblige
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What's The Definition Of Disoblige?
[v] ignore someone's wishes
[v] to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but..." Synonyms | Synonyms for Disoblige: bother | discommode | incommode | inconvenience | put out | trouble Related Terms | Find terms related to Disoblige: affront | bother | call names | disaccommodate | disadvantage | discommode | dishonor | dump on | fleer at | flout | gibe at | give offense to | harm | humiliate | hurl a brickbat | impose upon | incommode | inconvenience | insult | jeer at | jibe at | mock | offend | outrage | put about | put down | put out | put to inconvenience | put to trouble | scoff at | taunt | treat with indignity | trouble See Also | affect | bear on | bear upon | brush aside | brush off | discount | dismiss | disregard | ignore | impact | push aside | touch | touch on Disoblige In Webster's Dictionary \Dis`o*blige"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disobliged}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Disobliging}.] [Pref. dis- + oblige: cf. F.
d['e]sobliger.]
1. To do an act which contravenes the will or desires of; to
offend by an act of unkindness or incivility; to
displease; to refrain from obliging; to be unaccommodating
to.
Those . . . who slight and disoblige their friends,
shall infallibly come to know the value of them by
having none when they shall most need them. --South.
My plan has given offense to some gentlemen, whom it
would not be very safe to disoblige. --Addison.
2. To release from obligation. [Obs.]
Absolving and disobliging from a more general
command for some just and reasonable cause.
--Milton.
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