misoblige
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Flaminius (whose Statue is next that of Appollo) that good-natured man, who had rather converse with those that wanted his help, doing good, than those whose he wanted, receiving good; that thought it a kindnesse to serve others, and loved them most intirely whom he had misobliged; was born and bred in a warlike time, and served under Marcellus against Hannibal, in whose stead (when he was slain in an ambush) he was made governour of Tarentum then re-taken, where he shewed himself so good a man, and so expert a Souldier, that he was appointed their Leader that were to inhabit the new Cities of Narnia and Coffa;"
- "But Salome, somewhat jealous of the favour lavished by the young lady on her rather flighty assistant, shook her head, and said she was sorry to misoblige Miss Laura, but Nattee was getting more shiftless every day; she hadn't done work enough since breakfast to pay for her keep, and she couldn't, with any conscience, think of letting her go away till the afternoon chores were all done up, and they were hardly begun as yet."