unperk

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verb

To make (someone) less lively or enthusiastic.

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Meanings

verbunperk (third-person singular simple present unperks, present participle unperking, simple past and past participle unperked)

present singular third person unperks · participle present unperking · participle past unperked · past unperked

  1. transitiveTo make (someone) less lively or enthusiastic.

    I told him I was going into Stokenchurch in his Ford whether he drove me or not. He perked up a bit at that, but I pretty soon unperked him, and at last we got going on the road to Stokenchurch.

    1926, Neville Shute, chapter 1, in Marazan, London: Cassell
  2. intransitiveTo become less lively or enthusiastic.

    […] one single woman did perk up a bit, about there being a lot of single guys there, but then she unperked when she recalled that the cost of living is higher there.

    2005, Warren Farrell, Why Men Earn More, New York: Amacom, Introduction, page xvi

Origin

From un- + perk.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

punker
Cite this entry
APA

unperk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unperk

MLA

“unperk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unperk. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unperk,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unperk.

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