disoblige
verb
dis·oblige ˌdis-ə-ˈblīj 
disobliged; disobliging; disobliges
transitive verb
1
: to go counter to the wishes of
2
: inconvenience
Synonyms
- discommode
- disturb
- incommode
- inconvenience
- put out
- trouble
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
didn't want to disoblige her relatives by spending the night at their place
Word History
Etymology
French désobliger, from Middle French, from des- dis- + obliger to oblige
First Known Use
1632, in the meaning defined at sense 1
disobliging 1 of 2
adjective
as in irritating
causing difficulty, discomfort, or annoyance a friend with the disobliging habit of never having the cash to pay his fair share of the restaurant check Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- irritating
- inconvenient
- annoying
- frustrating
- awkward
- troublesome
- vexatious
- disturbing
- irksome
- exasperating
- bothersome
- incommoding
- burdensome
- discommoding
- galling
- onerous
- vexing
- maddening
- nettlesome
- nagging
- riling
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- convenient
- tolerable
- acceptable
- bearable
- sufferable
- endurable
- advantageous
- desirable
- ultraconvenient
- good
- helpful
disobliging
2 of 2verb
as in bothering
to cause discomfort to or trouble for didn't want to disoblige her relatives by spending the night at their place Synonyms & Similar Words
- bothering
- troubling
- inconveniencing
- disturbing
- weighing
- incommoding
- discommoding
- upsetting
- annoying
- putting out
- nettling
- provoking
- angering
- exasperating
- fettering
- burdening
- aggravating
- encumbering
- galling
- saddling
- getting
- obstructing
- impeding
- vexing
- hindering
- handicapping
- trammeling
- inhibiting
- hampering
- perturbing
- hamstringing
- riling
- hobbling
- bugging
- inflaming
- shackling
- peeving
- irking
- grating
- chafing
- tying up
- holding back
- trammelling
- manacling
- agitating
- enflaming
- holding up
- piquing
- interfering (with)
- tieing up
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- obliging
- aiding
- assisting
- favoring
- accommodating
- abetting
- helping
- facilitating
- gratifying
- easing
- smoothing
- pleasing
- appeasing
- disarming
- conciliating
- consoling
- comforting
- delighting
- mollifying
- satisfying
- placating
- pacifying
- contenting
- gladdening