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Meaning of disoblige | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. to be unwilling to oblige; to disappoint, to inconvenience, not to cooperate.
    British
  2. To offend by an act of unkindness or incivility.
    British

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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