Verb (used with object), : to be disobliged by a tactless remark. ,to be disobliged by an uninvited guest. From Dictionary.com.
Well, we victuallers must not disoblige the excisemen. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Roderick Random] Reference
Mrs. Moore, indeed, was unwilling to disoblige either of us. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
On the other hand, Talleyrand was a dangerous man to disoblige. From Wordnik.com. [The Mistaken Wife] Reference
He did not like to disoblige the great man, and tried to explain. From Wordnik.com. [The Growth of the Soil] Reference
But I was willing to see if she were not loth to disoblige me now. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
Cassius, and other of Cassius's friends, begged him not to disoblige. From Wordnik.com. [The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4] Reference
This was a lie, but I perceived he had no mind to disoblige the publican. From Wordnik.com. [Travels through France and Italy] Reference
'Nonsense, my dear; I cannot disoblige Mrs. Stevens when she is always so kind to us.'. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
"I will do nothing to disoblige the town, Captain Fenner, and I shall not willingly offend.". From Wordnik.com. [Prudence Crandall, Woman of Courage] Reference
He that can oblige, may disoblige — Happy for some people not to have it in their power to offend!. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
Excuse me, Madam, I have a most sincere veneration for you; and would not disoblige you for the world. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
I forgot to tell you that Mr. Harley asked me yesterday how he came to disoblige the Archbishop of Dublin. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal to Stella] Reference
Pickle, rather than disoblige his guest, indulged him in his desire and resolved to give him a share of his own bed. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle] Reference
"Determined to disoblige us, I imagine," said Sebell, dismissing the man as he concentrated again on Toric's message. From Wordnik.com. [Dragon Drums]
But your watchful care is not, however, to cease: and remember that you are not to disoblige me, to oblige her; and that. From Wordnik.com. [Pamela] Reference
It was with him a fixed principle never to disoblige a customer, and he saw that he was disobliging at least half a dozen. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885] Reference
An undesigning open heart, where it is loth to disoblige, is easily drawn in, I see, to oblige more than ever it designed. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
He must study for occasions of procrastination, and to disoblige me, if now any thing happens to set us at variance again. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
However, rather than disoblige the Bishop, she sent Sister Assumption to Quebec, having sent Sister St. Ange to take her place. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois] Reference
Innocence; for we had never study'd the Documents of Complaisance, nor knew we how to flatter any Body's Fancy, and disoblige our own. From Wordnik.com. [Exilius] Reference
Misfortunes, nor the Scorns of your Family: I will not cause you to disoblige the best of Fathers, nor myself become the Odium of Mankind. From Wordnik.com. [Exilius] Reference
I disoblige papa, send away a true love, hate Bluebell for her too attractive soft eyes, am harassed by doubts even of you -- is it worth it?. From Wordnik.com. [Bluebell A Novel] Reference
Sir, said I, I will not do any thing to disoblige you wilfully; and I am glad he is at liberty, because I was the occasion of his misfortunes. From Wordnik.com. [Pamela] Reference
"Satirical wits disoblige whom they converse with, and consequently make to themselves many enemies, and few friends; and this was his manner and case.". From Wordnik.com. [English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction] Reference
And then she does not choose to disoblige Joseph; for although she pretends to look above him, she listens, I believe, to some love-stories he tells her. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
Tiberius thought it well to consent, desirous as he was to have his books returned, and was afraid lest he should disoblige them by showing any distrust. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans] Reference
But he affects to rally me, and not to believe it possible, that one so dutiful and discreet as his sister Clary can resolve to disoblige all her friends. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
I could not prevent his offering one thousand livres for her voyage, and, as I feared to disoblige him by a refusal, I compromised, and accepted one hundred crowns. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois] Reference
Prickle happened to be at variance with the innkeeper, and the curate durst not disoblige the vicar, who at that very time was suing the farmer for the small tithes. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves] Reference
I am not to be bribed to silence, when you really disoblige me. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2] Reference
Alas, when will you disoblige me by proving that Cadwell is unfaithful?. From Wordnik.com. [The Lucky Man] Reference
They were gentlemen of wealth and influence, and the little captain did not like to disoblige them. From Wordnik.com. [Haste and Waste; Or, the Young Pilot of Lake Champlain. a Story for Young People] Reference
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