as in troubled
to cause discomfort to or trouble for
didn't want to disoblige her relatives by spending the night at their place
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disobliged
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But people all over the country are increasingly troubled by our government’s lack of fairness and due process and want to do something about it.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
25 Oct. 2025 -
Though he was initially troubled to find his image being used on Sora 2, the implementation of new guardrails around consent seem to have assuaged his concerns.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
20 Oct. 2025
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In 2016, the brand was acquired by Sazerac, the parent company of Kentucky distillery Buffalo Trace, and has put out some fantastic spirits since then like last year’s 27-year-old bourbon.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
5 Nov. 2025
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The city also put out a call for volunteers to staff the network of emergency food pantries.—
Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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This practice had its own history, another tributary to the overshoot conjuncture that weighed heavily on its future course.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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There were ballot proposals in the county to be weighed, and treasurers to be chosen.—
Darcie Moran,
Freep.com,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Trier noticed that some directors said hello to him, whereas others couldn’t be bothered.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Still, the simplicity wasn’t what bothered him.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
1 Nov. 2025
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The whales' communication can be disturbed by underwater noise made by humans, and the interference often deters them from certain crucial areas, like breeding and feeding locations.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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For instance, Bella's first meeting with Edward in their biology class is supposed to be this unnerving moment, where Bella is disturbed by Edward's apparent repulsion toward her.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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The system outage came a day after Amazon Web Services experienced issues of its own and inconvenienced millions of people around the world.—
Jordan Valinsky,
CNN Money,
21 Oct. 2025
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How often have you been inconvenienced or downright victimized by cybercrime?—
Rick Bennett,
Time,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Disobliged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disobliged. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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