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Meanings of disobliging in English

Intentionally unaccommodating.

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Usage of disobliging in English
1
He was gentle and kind-especiallyto little boys; I rough and disobliging.
The Thorogood Family
2
I should have withdrawn my hand, but for fear of disobliging her.
Memoirs of Fanny Hill / A New and Genuine Edition from the Origi...
3
You, I know, lay this to his fearfulness of disobliging or offending.
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2
4
Vega was known to brandish a knife at anybody who made disobliging remarks.
The Irish Times
5
By making her lady in waiting, you would be disobliging her.
Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan — Volume 5
6
When Barbicane pronounced this disobliging name Michel Ardan gave a bound.
The Moon-Voyage
7
I found him as courteous as Mr. Grewter had been disobliging.
Birds of Prey
8
Well, mother says I shouldn't be disobliging; but it's rather hard.
At the Back of the North Wind
9
But he's a cranky, disobliging fellow enough- Iknowhim of old.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922
10
The trunk is uncalled for, and the suitcase is disobliging.
Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
11
If you persist in being disobliging, Maurice, you and Una can go by yourselves.
The Northern Iron
12
It made me cold and disobliging, the girls dull, and John proud and reserved.
The Late Miss Hollingford
13
I hardly think that William is ill-disposed and disobliging naturally.
Wreaths of Friendship: A Gift for the Young
14
Of course no one need tell a story if he prefers to be disobliging.
The Idiot
15
He was awfully disobliging about it, but he did it.
Charmed Life
16
You need not be disobliging, since you can always make time by denying yourself.
Stray Thoughts for Girls
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