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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Adjective
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Meynecke said his footage suggested the whales found their hangers-on annoying.—
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Thankfully, the best faux garlands offer the look and oftentimes feel of the real thing without the sticky sap or annoying cleanup.—
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Ibrahim keeps bothering me endlessly, touching my leg and thigh.—
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Ask her if anything is bothering her.—
Adjective
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What an irritating phrase, Helen thinks.—
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Many of us suffer from skin problems, chapped lips, or an irritating cough when the air is too dry.—
Verb
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Just a few months ago, McKenna was weighing the two schools against each other, the Spartans finishing as runners-up in his historic recruiting war.—
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Lawmakers are still weighing the costs to the state of doing so and have yet to decide on an approach, House Speaker Mike Moyle, R-Star, told the Idaho Statesman.—
Adjective
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But the timing of the emergence of this new H3N2 variant was highly inconvenient.—
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Amid this haphazard experiment, some inconvenient facts are emerging.—
Verb
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China is poised to win great swathes of the booming European EV market and that is troubling the automakers.—
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Yet most fans do not care unduly about what a squad costs and while sound financial management is welcomed, the strength of the team is the thing that is troubling them right now.—
Adjective
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For athletes, the C1 solves a frustrating, age-old problem.—
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The reality is that traditional investigative journalism is a frequently boring and frustrating endeavor that takes a lot of time, money, and patience.—
Verb
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No one forced them to expand to the West Coast, inconveniencing coaches, players and fans of 14 other schools.—
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Need someone to absorb your wife’s anger over that extramarital affair without inconveniencing your mistress?—
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“Disobliging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disobliging. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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