Antonyms for disservice
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dis-sur-vis |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪsˈsɜr vɪs |
Definition of disservice
Origin :- 1590s; see dis- + service. Perhaps formed on analogy of French desservice (16c.).
- noun unkindness
- "And greatly to your disservice besides," added I, severely.
- Extract from : « That Boy Of Norcott's » by Charles James Lever
- Indeed, Tony laughed at the abrupt peroration, and that laugh did him no disservice.
- Extract from : « Tony Butler » by Charles James Lever
- The epigrams can be made; but it is uninstructive, rather tending to do disservice.
- Extract from : « The Short Works of George Meredith » by George Meredith
- We will not do a great man such a disservice as to dig him up for a spectacle.
- Extract from : « The Town » by Leigh Hunt
- It was the hundredth disservice the silly fellow had done me.
- Extract from : « Lives of Celebrated Women » by Samuel Griswold Goodrich
- As for Gaston Cheverny, he did me then and there the only disservice of his life.
- Extract from : « Francezka » by Molly Elliot Seawell
- Miss Crawford's beauty did her no disservice with the Miss Bertrams.
- Extract from : « Mansfield Park » by Jane Austen
- He had obeyed his conscience and yet done Harry Feversham no disservice.
- Extract from : « The Four Feathers » by A. E. W. Mason
- "I scarce know whether he did me service or disservice, your Highness," he added, with something between a grunt and a sigh.
- Extract from : « The Mercenary » by W. J. Eccott
- Kindnesses misplaced are nothing but a curse and a disservice.
- Extract from : « Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources » by James Wood
Synonyms for disservice
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