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disoblige
verb 2
Collocations
2ADJ.
common, sorry
DISOBLIGE + NOUN
everybody, family
Definitions
verb
1
to be unwilling to oblige; to disappoint, to inconvenience, not to cooperate.
Sorry to disoblige everybody; I know you were depending on me to bring a good weather forecast for our fête, but it is going to rain.
But Miss Frances married, in the common phrase, to disoblige her family, and by fixing on a Lieutenant of Marines, without education, fortune, or connexions, did it very thoroughly.
2
To offend by an act of unkindness or incivility.
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Synonyms
verb — to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
- trouble
- inconvenience
- discommode
- incommode
- bother
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Sorry to disoblige everybody; I know you were depending on me to bring a good weather forecast for our fête, but it is going to rain.
Wiktionary02
But Miss Frances married, in the common phrase, to disoblige her family, and by fixing on a Lieutenant of Marines, without education, fortune, or connexions, did it very thoroughly.
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