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worsify

worsify verb: to make (something) worse.

Verb

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

  1. (humorous, nonstandard, transitive) To 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)
    • 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)
    Antonyms:
    improve, better, goodify

Antonyms of worsify

Forms of worsify

third-person singular presentworsifies
present participleworsifying
past participleworsified
pastworsified

Origin of worsify

From worse + -ify.

Questions about worsify

What does worsify mean?
Worsify means to make (something) worse.
What part of speech is worsify?
Worsify is a verb.
What is the past tense of worsify?
The past tense of worsify is worsified.

Words near worsify in the dictionary

  1. worshipworthy
  2. worsification
  3. worsifications
  4. worsified
  5. worsifies
  6. worsify
  7. worsifying
  8. Worsley
  9. Worsleys
  10. worst
  11. worst case scenario

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