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Disobliging

adjective
1.
Intentionally unaccommodating.  Synonym: uncooperative.



Disoblige

verb
(past & past part. disobliged; pres. part. disobliging)
1.
To cause inconvenience or discomfort to.  Synonyms: bother, discommode, incommode, inconvenience, put out, trouble.
2.
Ignore someone's wishes.  Antonym: oblige.






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"Disobliging" Quotes from Famous Books



... have forgotten the warning he gave him at parting, and have disobliged or have been unfriendly in some way towards his little neighbors; advised him to burn his hay, and to beware in future of showing ill-nature or a disobliging spirit towards the little ...
— The Pearl Story Book - A Collection of Tales, Original and Selected • Mrs. Colman

... which, had I been possessed of it, with my present views of the dispute between the Crown and the Commons, I must have refused him, for he is on the side of the former. It is comfortable to be of no consequence in a world where one cannot exercise any without disobliging somebody. The town however seems to be much at his service, and if he be equally successful throughout the county, he will undoubtedly gain his election. Mr Ashburner perhaps {92} was a little mortified, because it was evident that I owed the honour of this visit to his misrepresentation of my importance. ...
— A Book of English Prose - Part II, Arranged for Secondary and High Schools • Percy Lubbock

... them; but I saw no probability of engaging them in my behalf: and so thought it signified little, as I was to go away so soon, to enter more particularly into the matter with them; and besides, I saw they were not inclinable to let me stay longer, for fear of disobliging him so I went to bed, but had very little rest: and they would make their servant-maid bear me company in the chariot five miles, early in the morning, and she was ...
— Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded • Samuel Richardson

... wish to be disobliging, nor did he wish to sacrifice the afternoon. As he did not specially fancy Congreve, he did not expect any pleasure from his company, though the young man seemed disposed to be cordial. This Harry explained to himself by Congreve's desire to secure his services as a guide, and, therefore, ...
— The Tin Box - and What it Contained • Horatio Alger

... to ride the good little animal for sport, but to let him to invalids or very young children, and always to walk or run by his side. Robert faithfully obeyed his mother, and though bold boys and girls thought him hard and disobliging, he and his pretty donkey were in great demand among the invalids and children. Many were the sweet little girls and gentle boys that he taught to ride—trotting along beside them, ...
— Stories and Legends of Travel and History, for Children • Grace Greenwood


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