worsify

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verb

To make (something) worse.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

verbworsify (third-person singular simple present worsifies, present participle worsifying, simple past and past participle worsified)

present singular third person worsifies · participle present worsifying · participle past worsified · past worsified

  1. humorousnonstandardtransitiveTo make (something) worse.

    Well they could barely worsify Great Expectations (from Destroyer), or some instrumental stuff like Love Theme from KISS or Escape from the Island no :)

    1993 October 15, Frederic Bourbeau, “Black Sabbath/Kiss Tribute albums (Michael J McClure)”, in alt.rock-n-roll.metal (Usenet)
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    It'd be expensive, sure, in time and energy, but would it be nearly as expensive as struggling for weeks to "properly" fix a self-worsifying problem with which to begin?

    1999 December 26, meme_e...@my-deja.com, “I witnessed it......”, in misc.survivalism (Usenet)

    A combination of one lucky flop, one unlucky river, and your aggressive projection of image has improved your situation considerably. You've lost a pot and won a pot, but more important, you've worsified your foes.

    2002, John Vorhaus, Killer Poker: Strategy and Tactics for Winning Poker Play, New York, N.Y.: Lyle Stuart/Kensington Publishing Corp., →ISBN, page 153

    I was using a TOC's own site, which uses the "certain train booking site"'s engine. Until now the version provided to TOCs has not been worsified significantly.

    2018 July 12, Ian Jackson, “Consumer Protecton from Unfair Trading enforcement”, in uk.legal.moderated (Usenet)

    Antonyms: improve, better, goodify

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo make (something) worse.

Origin

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