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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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
Adjective
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Food allergy safety is now being treated as a pillar of hospitality, not an inconvenience or an annoying exception.—
K. H. Koehler,
Ascend Agency,
18 Mar. 2026 -
Everybody’s a critic, and critics can be very annoying.—
Judith Martin,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Like, cool, got the game, but now the TV feels small, and suddenly the thermostat situation is bothering you, too.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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Eventually, the girl let on that her classmate had indeed been bothering her, poking her in the back and face with his fingers — but did not say the boy had threatened to kill her, according to the police report.—
Jeff Ernsthausen,
ProPublica,
23 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Here's where things get a bit irritating.—
Justin Pot,
PC Magazine,
13 Mar. 2026
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Rather than focusing on clarity with harsh actives, a key component to the glass skin trend is using gentle, non-irritating ingredients that take your skin to a healthier state.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
InStyle,
3 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Many thickening conditioners rely on silicones or heavy coatings to create the illusion of fullness, which can backfire over time by weighing hair down further.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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After weighing less than 200 pounds because of gastritis, Simpson weighed 211 pounds at the combine and has been completely healthy during the pre-draft process.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Moral Imagination Philosophy forces you to ask inconvenient questions.—
Stephanie Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
20 Mar. 2026
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But a post-Declaration Washington is far too inconvenient for someone trying to retrofit him.—
Alexis Coe,
Vanity Fair,
18 Mar. 2026
Verb
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But besides defiant behavior or anger issues, there are other behaviors that indicate that something deeper is troubling your teen.—
Staff Author,
Parents,
9 Mar. 2026
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Scientists may have solved a cosmic mystery that has been troubling them since the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) began observations back in 2022.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Kurt's key takeaways Healthcare can be frustrating.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
22 Mar. 2026
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Kelly portrays Gentile as, at once, the FBI’s best and most frustrating lead.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
22 Mar. 2026
Verb
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And the students liked being able to listen to the material repeatedly without inconveniencing a human reader.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
6 Jan. 2026
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No one forced them to expand to the West Coast, inconveniencing coaches, players and fans of 14 other schools.—
Stewart Mandel,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Disobliging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disobliging. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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