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adjective

as in annoying
causing difficulty, discomfort, or annoyance a friend with the disobliging habit of never having the cash to pay his fair share of the restaurant check

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disobliging

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verb

present participle of disoblige
as in bothering
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 disobliging
  1. annoying
  2. bothering
  3. irritating
  4. weighing
  5. inconvenient
  6. troubling
  7. frustrating
  8. inconveniencing
Adjective
  • In The Athletic’s anonymous annual player poll, he has been voted the NFL’s biggest trash talker and most annoying player.
    — Tim Graham, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The problem is with my stepson’s parents-in-law, both of whom are lovely but annoying.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 29 July 2026
Definition of annoying
Verb
  • Hip still bothering Springs Springs lasted just four innings after issuing a season-high five walks, throwing 86 pitches — only 51% of them strikes — and gave up his 28th home run of the season, the most of any pitcher in the league.
    — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Sharks already frequent Southern California beaches, usually without bothering anyone.
    — Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026
Definition of bothering
Adjective
  • Like nails on a chalkboard, whining—an irritating blend of talking and crying—has the ability to make almost any parent either lose their temper or cave.
    — Debby Waldman, Parents, 3 Aug. 2026
  • In fact, this is where our motivations become personal and perhaps even slightly irritating, especially if repressed emotions or sensitivities rise to the surface.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of irritating
Verb
  • Young women, meanwhile, were weighing their choices accordingly.
    — Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Even as Miller digs in, Republicans are weighing who could replace the 37-year-old lawmaker on the ballot.
    — Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of weighing
Adjective
  • Add in a sauna, a spa room and a dedicated barbershop, and the house starts to feel like it was designed to keep its residents on-site — leaving might feel inconvenient.
    — David Caraccio Updated July 31, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
  • But by that point, the government's own investigation had shown that wasn't true, and the government omitted that inconvenient evidence from its search warrant applications, Comey said.
    — Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 30 July 2026
Definition of inconvenient
Verb
  • In the final, Simon had little to do as Argentina registered only two shots in 120 minutes of action, with neither troubling the Athletic Club goalkeeper.
    — Leon Imber, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • Campbell said Moore wanted to discuss what was troubling her privately but never got the chance.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2026
Definition of troubling
Adjective
  • What’s frustrating is the capacity to end voter registration already exists.
    — Ellen Kurz, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Though Gakpo was a frustrating watch at times throughout last season at Liverpool, his nose for a goalscoring opportunity cannot be denied.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of frustrating
Verb
  • Apprehensive about inconveniencing others by appointing Truss at Balmoral—a first in her 70-year reign—the monarch consulted her daughter the Princess Royal.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 9 Apr. 2026
  • And the students liked being able to listen to the material repeatedly without inconveniencing a human reader.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 6 Jan. 2026
Definition of inconveniencing
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