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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(British) 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.
But Miss Frances married, in the common phrase, to disoblige her family, and by fixing on a Lieutenant of Marines, without education, fortune, or connexions, did it very thoroughly.
Use disoblige when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Disoblige means (British) to be unwilling to oblige; to disappoint, to inconvenience, not to cooperate..
Common synonyms include trouble, incommode, put out, bother.
Possible antonyms include oblige, accommodate.
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.
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