Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disoblige

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dis-oblige
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

to be unwilling to oblige; to disappoint, to inconvenience, not to cooperate.

British usage

verb

To offend by an act of unkindness or incivility.

British usage

Example Sentences

"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."
"But Miss Frances married, in the common phrase, to disoblige her family, and by fixing on a Lieutenant of Marines, without education, fortune, or connexions, did it very thoroughly."

Etymology

From Middle French desobliger. By surface analysis, dis- + oblige.

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: desobliger

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

disobliges (present, singular) disobliging (participle, present) disobliged (participle, past) disobliged (past)

Derived Forms

disobligement disobliger

Synonyms

trouble put out inconvenience discommode incommode bother

Antonyms

oblige

Questions

What does disoblige mean?: to be unwilling to oblige; to disappoint, to inconvenience, not to cooperate.
Where does disoblige come from?: It is traced to Middle French.

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