disobliging

/'disə'balidʤin/

Thân thiện

The clerk gave a disobliging shrug when asked for help.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Unwilling to help or cooperate; intentionally unaccommodating: Describes a person or action that is not helpful, often deliberately so, and shows a lack of consideration for others' wishes or convenience.
   • Causing offense or displeasure; contrary to someone's wishes: Describes behavior or an action that goes against what someone wants, potentially causing annoyance or mild upset.

Usage and Examples

• As an adjective describing a person:

  • The disobliging clerk refused to answer any more questions.
  • We found the hotel manager to be quite disobliging when we requested a late checkout.

• As an adjective describing an action or behavior:

  • His disobliging remark made the atmosphere uncomfortable.
  • The action was not offensive to him but proved somewhat disobliging.

Advanced Usage and Nuances

• The term often implies a deliberate or intentional lack of helpfulness, not merely an accidental oversight.
• It is a more formal or literary term than common synonyms like or .
• It can describe a single act or a general character trait.

Variants and Related Words

• Disoblige (verb): To refuse or fail to do something that would be helpful or accommodating to someone.
  • He did not want to disoblige his host, so he accepted the invitation.
• Disobligingly (adverb): In an uncooperative or unaccommodating manner.
  • She sighed disobligingly when asked for assistance.

Synonyms

• Uncooperative: Not willing to work with others.
• Unaccommodating: Not willing to adapt or help.
• Unhelpful: Providing no assistance.
• Inconsiderate: Thoughtlessly causing inconvenience to others.

Antonyms

• Obliging: Willing to do favors; helpful.
• Accommodating: Fitting in with someone's wishes or demands.
• Helpful: Giving or ready to give help.
• Cooperative: Involving mutual assistance in working toward a common goal.

Idiomatic Expressions and Phrases

• While "disobliging" itself is not commonly used in fixed idioms, the concept is related to phrases like:
  • To go out of one's way to be unhelpful: To make a special effort not to assist someone.
  • To turn a deaf ear: To refuse to listen or respond to a request.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. intentionally unaccommodating
   • the action was not offensive to him but proved somewhat disobliging

Từ đồng nghĩa

• uncooperative