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disobliging


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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;  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Disobliging  \Dis`o*bli"ging\,  a. 
  1.  Not  obliging;  not  disposed  to  do  a  favor;  unaccommodating; 
  as  a  disobliging  person  or  act 
 
  2.  Displeasing;  offensive.  [Obs.]  --Cov.  of  Tongue.  -- 
  {Dis`o*bli"ging*ly},  adv  --  {Dis`o*bli"ging*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  disobliging 
  adj  :  intentionally  unaccommodating;  "the  action  was  not  offensive 
  to  him  but  proved  somewhat  disobliging"  [syn:  {uncooperative}] 




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