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Definitions for: Disoblige
[v] ignore someone's wishes
[v] to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but..."
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: bother, discommode, incommode, inconvenience, put out, trouble
Antonyms: accommodate, oblige
See Also: affect, bear on, bear upon, brush aside, brush off, discount, dismiss, disregard, ignore, impact, push aside, touch, touch on
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