verb
- to refuse to help or accommodate someone; to act in a way that is unhelpful or unaccommodating
Usage: formal
Examples
- I don’t want to disoblige you, but I cannot lend you my car today.
- The hotel staff seemed determined to disoblige their guests at every turn.
- She felt obligated to help despite his tendency to disoblige others.
- The manager’s refusal to disoblige any customer made him very popular.
- It would disoblige me greatly if you canceled our meeting at the last minute.
- He never meant to disoblige his neighbors with the loud music.