unparadise

Verb

unparadise (third-person singular simple present unparadises, present participle unparadising, simple past and past participle unparadised)

1. (transitive) To make (something paradisaical) less like paradise; To spoil the joy of.
   • Could you, so rich in rapture, fear an end,
     That ghastly thought would drink up all your joy,
     And quite unparadise the realms of light.1742, Edward Young, The Complaint: or Night-Thoughts on Life, Death & Immortality, Night I
   • Those joys perchance may pass; a stronger hand May wrest my sceptre, and unparadise The Swerga;1812, Robert Southey, The curse of Kehama -, page 69
2. (transitive) To expel from or prevent from entering heaven.
   • Archangels guard the gates with flaming swords, The same, 'tis said, who at an earlier day Did man unparadise;1858, Edward Caswall, The Masque of Mary and Other Poems, page 170
   • Thus when some chief persons in Israel were so admirably sinful, that their very righteousness was abominable, their very obedience as bad as rebellion, and their very sacrifices to be expiated' when they delighted in their abominations, as if they would unparadise themselves in hell; and had...1862, Thomas Jackson, The providence of God viewed in the light of holy Scripture, page 308