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Dictionary Results for disobliging:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
disobliging
    adj 1: intentionally unaccommodating; "the action was not
           offensive to him but proved somewhat disobliging" [syn:
           disobliging, uncooperative]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Disobliging \Dis`o*bli"ging\, a.
   1. Not obliging; not disposed to do a favor; unaccommodating;
      as, a disobliging person or act.
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   2. Displeasing; offensive. [Obs.] --Cov. of Tongue. --
      Dis`o*bli"ging*ly, adv. -- Dis`o*bli"ging*ness, n.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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            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.
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            My plan has given offense to some gentlemen, whom it
            would not be very safe to disoblige.  --Addison.
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   2. To release from obligation. [Obs.]
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            Absolving and disobliging from a more general
            command for some just and reasonable cause.
                                                  --Milton.
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