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verb
act contrary, affront, antagonize, balk, be unaccommodating, be unwilling, cause displeasuie, debase, decline, degrade, demur, denigrate, denounce, deprecate, disaccommodate, discommode, disdain, dishonor, disparage, disregard, fail to accommodate, fail to comply with, give offense to, ignore, incommode, incur disapproval, insult, malign, maltreat, neglect to obey, not accept, not comply with, not obey, offend, offendere, put out, rebuff, refuse, refuse to oblige, reject, repel, repudiate, scorn, shrink, slight, spite, spurn, traduce, treat with indignity, turn down, vilipend, withhold consent
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index
affront, disaffect, discommode, mistreat
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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Disoblige — 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;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
disoblige — (v.) c.1600, to free from obligation; 1630s, to refuse to oblige, from Fr. désobliger (c.1300), from des (see DIS (Cf. dis )) + L. obligare (see OBLIGE (Cf. oblige)) … Etymology dictionary
disoblige — [v] displease, annoy affront, bother, discommode, disturb, incommode, inconvenience, insult, offend, put about, put out, slight, trouble, upset, vex; concepts 7,19 Ant. agree, oblige, please … New thesaurus
disoblige — [dis΄ə blīj′, dis΄ō blīj′] vt. disobliged, disobliging [Fr désobliger: see DIS & OBLIGE] 1. to refuse to oblige or do a favor for 2. to slight; offend 3. to inconvenience; incommode disobliging adj. disobligingly … English World dictionary
disoblige — verb Not 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. Ant: oblige … Wiktionary
disoblige — transitive verb Etymology: French désobliger, from Middle French, from des dis + obliger to oblige Date: 1632 1. to go counter to the wishes of 2. inconvenience … New Collegiate Dictionary
disoblige — disobligingly, adv. disobligingness, n. /dis euh bluyj /, v.t., disobliged, disobliging. 1. to refuse or neglect to oblige; act contrary to the desire or convenience of; fail to accommodate. 2. to give offense to; affront: to be disobliged by a… … Universalium
disoblige — Synonyms and related words: 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 … Moby Thesaurus
disoblige — (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To insult] Syn. offend, affront, displease; see insult . 2. [To inconvenience] Syn. annoy, discommode, upset, refuse to oblige; see bother 2 , disturb 2 … English dictionary for students
disoblige — dis·o·blige || ‚dɪsÉ™ blaɪdÊ’ v. refuse to assist, refuse to cooperate … English contemporary dictionary
