misobliging
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English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]misobliging (comparative more misobliging, superlative most misobliging)
- (rare, archaic) Disobliging.
- 1807, Walter Scott, Historical ballads, page 209:
- For a misobliging word, She'll durk her neighbour o'er the boord,
- 1905, Sara Andrew Shafer, Beyond Chance of Change, page 88:
- I wanted to read, and Sophy wanted to paint, and we were both very misobliging, and we only came because we had to, so we oughtn't have any presents.
- 2016, Pat McIntosh, The Lanimer Bride:
- 'No need to assume it isny,' Lady Egidia counterd. 'I hope you areny going to be misobliging, Robert. This is important, and I think we're short o time.'
Verb
[edit]misobliging
- present participle and gerund of misoblige