Synonyms for disoblige
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Verb
1. Trouble
put out, trouble, bother, inconvenience, discommode, incommode formal
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Definitions
- v. 1
to be unwilling to oblige; to disappoint, to inconvenience, not to cooperate.
Sorry to disoblige everybody; I know you were depending on me to bring a good weather forecast for our fête, but it is going to rain.
Forms
- Past participle
- disobliged
e.g. disobliged → troubled, bothered, inconvenienced, discommoded…
Example sentences
- inconvenience Tom was sorry for the inconvenience he had caused.
- offend I can never allow you to offend my wife like this.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| disoblige | rising | |
| inconvenience | falling | |
| discommode | steady | |
| offend | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- bother2, offend2
- 7 letters
- trouble2
- 9 letters
- incommode
- 10 letters
- discommode
- 13 letters
- inconvenience4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bother2 = 2 syllables).