Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disobliging"

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) 1.7 (wn)

disobliging
adj : intentionally unaccommodating; "the action was not offensive
to him but proved somewhat disobliging" [syn: {uncooperative}]


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