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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disobliges
  1. troubles
  2. weighs
  3. bothers
  4. inconveniences
  5. disturbs
  6. puts out
Verb
  • One death especially, that of his young cousin Sinon (Elliot Page), troubles him most of all.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026
  • The asymmetry—Anthropic penalized while OpenAI was not—is what troubles him most.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 June 2026
Definition of troubles
Verb
  • Why tech neck happens Your head weighs 10 to 12 pounds when your eyes look straight ahead.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
  • The event fueled an ongoing debate across the tech industry over the power of cheaper, open-source models, just as the White House weighs banning foreign open-source software.
    — Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 23 July 2026
Definition of weighs
Verb
  • Refresh the space that bothers you most before making bigger visibility decisions.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 20 July 2026
  • If that bothers you, then a significant projection for Bo Nix’s season will make your skin crawl.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 6 July 2026
Definition of bothers
Verb
  • On-time performance across the entire San Diego trolley system has been boosted by a year-old East County service change that inconveniences a relatively small number of riders.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2025
Definition of inconveniences
Verb
  • Tilling or plowing in the summer disturbs the soil's delicate ecosystem and exposes moist soil to rapid water loss.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 24 June 2026
  • The pier in Michigan City’s Washington Park disturbs the natural flow of sand along the lakeshore, creating new land east of the pier but starving beaches to the west, an erosion problem repeated by other manmade structures that jut out into Lake Michigan.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026
Definition of disturbs
Verb
  • The National Weather Service puts out warnings and watches for intense forecasts.
    — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • Ask About Restocking Schedules Not all HomeGoods locations restock on the same schedule, so don’t be afraid to ask an employee when your store typically puts out new merchandise.
    — Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Apr. 2026
Definition of puts out
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