as in to bother
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 disoblige
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The clanging of dirty dishes being gathered in the back kitchen does not bother her.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025 -
Instagram and TikTok are littered with stories of women and their unsupportive husbands, men who can't remember their own children's birthdays or be bothered to take a weekend off from their golf hobby to spend time with their families.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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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
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That last hurdle, safely landing a SpaceX Starship HLS (Human Landing System) spacecraft, carrying two astronauts, upright on the moon, particularly troubles Green.—
Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
23 Oct. 2025
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These robots will be smaller than 100 millimeters and weigh less than 100 grams.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Nov. 2025
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But as Swain weighed the offers, one stood out—from Bob Hotz, chairman of corporate finance and acquisitions chief at mid-market investment banking powerhouse Houlihan Lokey.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
1 Nov. 2025
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At least 16 people were arrested for allegedly crowding, obstructing and incommoding another person and one was arrested for alleged defacement during a planned act of civil disobedience.—
Tal Axelrod,
ABC News,
8 Mar. 2023
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All were booked on charges of crowding, obstructing, or incommoding at the offices.—
Zachary Halaschak,
Washington Examiner,
16 Jan. 2020
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and former Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen were similarly discommoded at mealtime in public settings.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Sep. 2019
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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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Be patient and calm, Work zones are not there to inconvenience you.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
14 Oct. 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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A lot of disturbing things happened in The Exorcist — Regan MacNeil's 360 neck turn remains one of the most diabolical things to happen on film — and for its innovations, the 1973 movie scored 10 Oscar nominations.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
30 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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“Disoblige.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disoblige. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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