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misobliging

misobliging adjective: disobliging. Also the present participle and gerund of misoblige.

Adjective

misobliging (comparative more misobliging, superlative most misobliging)

  1. (archaic, rare) Disobliging.
    • For a misobliging word, She'll durk her neighbour o'er the boord,1807, Walter Scott, Historical ballads, page 209
    • 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.1905, Sara Andrew Shafer, Beyond Chance of Change, page 88

Also used as

misobliging is also the present participle and gerund of misoblige.

Forms of misobliging

comparativemore misobliging
superlativemost misobliging

Questions about misobliging

What does misobliging mean?
Misobliging means disobliging.
What part of speech is misobliging?
Misobliging is an adjective.

Words near misobliging in the dictionary

  1. misobeying
  2. misobeys
  3. misoblige
  4. misobliged
  5. misobliges
  6. misobliging
  7. misobservance
  8. misobservances
  9. misobservation
  10. misobservations
  11. misobserve

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