|dis+ transitive verb
Etymology: French désobliger, from Middle French desobliger, from des- dis- (I) + obliger to oblige — more at oblige
1. : to go purposely counter to the wishes of : be unaccommodating to
had promised to do a friend a favor but was finally forced to disoblige him for lack of time
2.
a. : to cause inconvenience to : put out : incommode
the action was not offensive to him but proved somewhat disobliging
b. : affront , offend
not wishing to disoblige a man who could be of so much help to him
• dis·oblig·er -ə(r) noun