disobliging

Adjective
Synonyms: uncooperative

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. intentionally unaccommodating“the action was not offensive to him but proved somewhat disobliging”Synonyms: uncooperative
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Disobliging \Dis`o*bli"ging\, a.

1.Not obliging; not disposed to do a favor; unaccommodating; as, a disobliging person or act. [1913 Webster]

2.Displeasing; offensive. [Obs.] --Cov. of Tongue. -- Dis`o*bli"ging*ly, adv. -- Dis`o*bli"ging*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

Disoblige \Dis`o*blige"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disobliged; p. pr. & vb. n. Disobliging.] [Pref. dis- + oblige: cf. F. d['e]sobliger.]

1.To do an act which contravenes the will or desires of; to offend by an act of unkindness or incivility; to displease; to refrain from obliging; to be unaccommodating to. [1913 Webster]

Those . . . who slight and disoblige their friends, shall infallibly come to know the value of them by having none when they shall most need them.— South.[1913 Webster]
My plan has given offense to some gentlemen, whom it would not be very safe to disoblige.— Addison.[1913 Webster]

2.To release from obligation. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Absolving and disobliging from a more general command for some just and reasonable cause.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
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