verb (used with object), dis·o·bliged, dis·o·blig·ing.
- to refuse or neglect to oblige; act contrary to the desire or convenience of; fail to accommodate.
- to give offense to; affront: to be disobliged by a tactless remark.
- to cause inconvenience to; incommode: to be disobliged by an uninvited guest.
verb (tr)
- to disregard the desires of
- to slight; insult
- informal to cause trouble or inconvenience to
c.1600, “to free from obligation;” 1630s, “to refuse to oblige,” from French désobliger (c.1300), from des- (see dis-) + Latin obligare (see oblige). Related: Disobliged; disobliging.