DISOBLIGES Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

disobliges

verb

present tense third-person singular of disoblige

as in troubles

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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But the equity market’s rise this year has been driven primarily by just a few sectors, which troubles some analysts.

— Steve Kopack, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026
The aspect of the painting that troubles me most, though, is the sleeve of Amélie’s dress.

— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of troubles

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Carbon fiber frame weighs just six pounds The team’s main engineering achievement was reducing the drone’s structural weight while maintaining the strength needed to carry a heavy payload.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026
The teen, who stands 6 feet tall and weighs around 200 pounds, beat the woman with his firearm and then violated her, according to law enforcement sources.

— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of weighs

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This is why the sameness creeping into corporate communications right now bothers me more than the question of whether AI can write a good press release.

— Amanda Simonian, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Kurt's key takeaways What bothers me most about DoppelCart is how convincing these fake stores can look.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of bothers

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Some of the sightings claim a man wearing clothing typical of the 17th or 18th centuries, a man dressed in Confederate attire in the liquor room, a ghost of a former worker Joseph Hardesty and a female who actively disturbs visitors to her home.

— Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026
That disturbs Masters, an auto mechanic who moved out of the mobile home park before the 2021 floods.

— Ren Larson, ProPublica, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of disturbs

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That’s quite bright for any TV lighting up its entire screen, but dropping to an 18% white field, the U6SF Pro puts out double that, 1,442 nits.

— Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026
Signs pothos needs pruning include the vines are too long, the plant puts out fewer leaves, or the leaves are turning yellow.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2026

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