Disobliging — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

to cause inconvenience or discomfort to

ignore someone's wishes

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dˈʌkmiːt/

🇬🇧British English

/dɪsəblˈaɪdʒɪŋ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɪsəblˈaɪdʒɪŋ/

4 syllables Say it as /dˈʌkmiːt/.

Examples

Sorry to trouble you, but...
the action was not offensive to him but proved somewhat disobliging

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

inconvenience bother uncooperative trouble incommode disoblige put out discommode

Antonyms

oblige

Parts of Speech

verb	to cause inconvenience or discomfort to “Sorry to trouble you, but...”
verb	ignore someone's wishes
adjective	intentionally unaccommodating “the action was not offensive to him but proved somewhat disobliging”

Word Forms

trouble	noun	a source of difficulty
inconvenience	noun	the quality of not being useful or convenient
botheration	noun	the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
bother	noun	an angry disturbance

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

unverbindlich

Unannehmlichkeiten oder Unbehagen bereiten

🇫🇷French

désobligeant

causer des désagréments ou un inconfort à

🇪🇸Spanish

poco servicial

causar molestias o molestias a

🇮🇹Italian

poco gentile

arrecare disagio o disagio

🇳🇱Dutch

onaangenaam

om ongemak of ongemak te veroorzaken

🇵🇹Portuguese

desrespeitoso

🇷🇺Russian

неугодный

причинять неудобства или дискомфорт

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अवज्ञाकारी

असुविधा या असुविधा उत्पन्न करना

🇮🇳Tamil

இயலாமை

சிரமத்தை அல்லது அசௌகரியத்தை ஏற்படுத்த

🇮🇳Telugu

నిరాకరణ

అసౌకర్యం లేదా అసౌకర్యం కలిగించడానికి

🇮🇳Marathi

अक्षम्य

गैरसोय किंवा अस्वस्थता निर्माण करण्यासाठी

🇮🇳Gujarati

અયોગ્ય

અસુવિધા અથવા અગવડતા પેદા કરવા માટે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಶಕ್ತಗೊಳಿಸುವುದು

ಅನಾನುಕೂಲತೆ ಅಥವಾ ಅಸ್ವಸ್ಥತೆಯನ್ನು ಉಂಟುಮಾಡಲು

🇮🇳Malayalam

നിരാകരിക്കുന്നു

അസൗകര്യമോ അസ്വസ്ഥതയോ ഉണ്ടാക്കാൻ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਯੋਗ

ਨੂੰ ਅਸੁਵਿਧਾ ਜਾਂ ਬੇਅਰਾਮੀ ਪੈਦਾ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ

🇵🇰Urdu

نافرمانی

تکلیف یا تکلیف کا باعث بننا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

不服从的

造成不便或不适

🇯🇵Japanese

不本意な

～に不便または不快感を与える

🇰🇷Korean

불친절한

불편함이나 불편함을 야기하다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

không tuân theo

gây ra sự bất tiện hoặc khó chịu cho

🇹🇭Thai

ไม่บังคับ

🇮🇩Indonesian

kurang sopan

menyebabkan ketidaknyamanan atau ketidaknyamanan

🇵🇭Filipino

nakakadismaya

upang magdulot ng abala o kakulangan sa ginhawa sa

🇲🇾Malay

menderhaka

untuk menyebabkan kesulitan atau ketidakselesaan kepada

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

غير مجامل

لتسبب الإزعاج أو عدم الراحة

🇮🇷Persian

ناتوان کننده

برای ایجاد ناراحتی یا ناراحتی

🇹🇷Turkish

itaatsizlik

rahatsızlık veya rahatsızlığa neden olmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

מבטל

לגרום אי נוחות או אי נוחות

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