disobligingadjective
uk/ˌdɪs.əˈblaɪ.dʒɪŋ/us/ˌdɪs.əˈblaɪ.dʒɪŋ/formalunwilling to help or do what you are asked to do
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Unwilling and reluctant
- arsed
- balk
- baulk
- be blowed if... idiom
- be in no mood for sth/to do sth idiom
- begrudge
- deign
- disinclination
- disinclined
- drag your heels/feet idiom
- fag
- grudge
- jib
- not have the stomach for sth idiom
- rather you than me idiom
- reluctance
- reluctant
- shagged
- sticky
- stomach
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Examples from literature
- A man cannot bear to be called stingy or disobliging.
- He ate heartily of it, wondering at the same time why the men had been so disobliging about it at first.
- He judged him to be disobliging.
- The old man mumbled something disobliging.
- They were all so calm and businesslike that it would have seemed disobliging and absurd to make difficulties.