disoblige
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She has married you because father or grandfather thought the match eligible, and because she didn't wish to disoblige them.
From International Short Stories American by Various
"I am sorry to disoblige you, Mrs. Ross, but it would be unjust," said Mr. Mead.
From The Tin Box and What it Contained by Horatio Alger
Shortly afterwards Addison went to him and said, "that some particular friends, whom he could not disoblige, insisted on its being acted."
From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Alexander Pope
D'Artagnan saw that he should disoblige him by again interfering.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 by Various
"I am sorry to disoblige you, Mr. Tom Thornton; but I must respectfully decline to give you any information on that point," I answered, firmly.
From Seek and Find or The Adventures of a Smart Boy by Oliver Optic
The Earl of Liverpool, however, had disobliged his majesty in the November previous, by abandoning the Bill of Pains and Penalties; but what else could he have done?
From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Lady Anne Hamilton
The man was sorry to have disobliged him, and would carry it back again.
From Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty by Charles Dickens
Cit.—And he has not disobliged you at all, has he?
From The Complete English Tradesman (1839 ed.) by Daniel Defoe
In this, the populace thought he had acted the part of a man; but he much disobliged the tribunes, his colleagues, who regarded it as a piece of violent and presumptuous interference.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Arthur Hugh Clough
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
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
The reviewers were disobliging and they included me.
From The Guardian ● May 15, 2017
"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
After such outlay, it was disobliging to score only 60 times in the league last season and City were a hindrance to themselves.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 22, 2011
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
