disoblige

Erizo, unwilling to disoblige his Admiral, upon whose Favour his Advancement depended, told Gonzago, that he must find another time to talk with him.

From The Works of Aphra Behn Volume V by Montague Summers

Worth's natural disposition to disoblige the lawyer could be depended on to keep from Cummings whatever information he wanted before giving us his own news.

From The Million-Dollar Suitcase by Alice MacGowan

I wouldn't like to disoblige the young lady," he said; "but it's no use putting dead fish back into the stream.

From The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story by Angela Brazil

He disliked very much to disoblige her, as she belonged to one of the most distinguished families of Georgia, and had many influential relatives among the Secessionists.

From Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 by Abner Doubleday

I shall endeavour, lady, and fail in nothing that is in my power to disoblige you; for there is none more ambitious of your ill opinion than I. Plea.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Robert Dodsley

Agaton knew well how to revenge the affront put upon her, and failed not to acquaint Fulbert with Abelard's offers to her, without saying a word how she had been disobliged.

From Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix?d a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes by Pierre Bayle

“Well, I don't love Longcluse, since so he is named; he disobliged me when I was in London,” said the baron.

From Checkmate by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

His relations, however, seemed determined to push him forward in life, before he disobliged them by marrying the daughter of a country clergyman, an accomplished, sensible woman.

From Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories by Mary Wollstonecraft

I hope I may have leave to observe transiently, that none but angry men, that is, such as hold themselves disobliged at Court, are the Pillars of his Party.

From His Majesties Declaration Defended by John Dryden

We are all apt, you know, my dear, to praise our benefactors, because they are our benefactors; as if every body did right or wrong, as they obliged or disobliged us.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 1 by Samuel Richardson

Granted, Sir Chris Bryant was almost as disobliging about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor 15 years ago, as an opposition MP, when there were calls then for him to be sacked as the government's trade envoy.

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026

With bizarre exemptions such as these, is it any wonder that the British public is increasingly disobliging and restless?

From The Guardian ● Sep. 19, 2020

She was suspected of suffering in silence, when silence is seen as weak or disobliging, and she was denigrated for it, her denials distrusted.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 9, 2019

"You know, the great British portraitist. He was jealous of the prices she commanded and in his work Oriental Tales he was most disobliging about her. Said she was feeble and vulgar!"

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2015

It is a strange thing, but when you are dreading something, and would give anything to slow down time, it has a disobliging habit of speeding up.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling