disoblige

I am heartily sorry for it; for I declare, I would rather disoblige all the critics in the world than one of the fair sex.

From Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by George Saintsbury

To inconvenience and disoblige so large a constituency as this may naturally produce some effect.

From The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses by Arthur Elmore Bostwick

General Clavering, in particular, was supported by a large parliamentary connection, such as no cabinet could be inclined to disoblige.

From Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay

He had too much regard for his own interest, and his tenure of office, to disoblige a man so influential and powerful as Alderman Morris.

From The Young Adventurer or Tom's Trip Across the Plains by Horatio Alger

"He's a good sort of man, and won't disoblige me, I'll warrant."

From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

They are ingenious and nimble, much addicted to indolence, obliging to strangers, but implacable when once disobliged.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. by Robert Kerr

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

Cit.—And he has not disobliged you at all, has he?

From The Complete English Tradesman (1839 ed.) by Daniel Defoe

The prelate told him the bishopric was but a very small one, and he could not hope for a better if he disobliged the court.

From Irish Wit and Humor Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell by Anonymous

Till when, pray believe me, with respect and esteem, Your most obliged and disobliged at these blank endings—what have I done?

From The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 by Robert Browning

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

A few are offering the odd disobliging word about Mr Dowden, suggesting he never wanted to be party chairman in the first place and was very disappointed to be demoted from being culture secretary.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2022

I sometimes wonder what it is that makes her get up in the morning and face the disobliging headlines and cartoons, and what it is is a very old-fashioned sense of public service.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 16, 2018

Mr Poon's ancestors were dotted in random, disobliging clumps over the entire hillside, thus attesting to Wallace that key characteristics of that irksome family were transmitted beyond death itself.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 4, 2012

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