worsify

English

Etymology

From worse +‎ -ify.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

1. (transitive, nonstandard, humorous) To make (something) worse.

   Antonyms: improve, better, (nonstandard) goodify

   • 1993 October 15, Frederic Bourbeau, “Black Sabbath/Kiss Tribute albums (Michael J McClure)”, in alt.rock-n-roll.metal‎ (Usenet):

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

   • 1999 December 26, [e-mail], “I witnessed it......”, in misc.survivalism‎ (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?

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

     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.

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

     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.

Related terms

• diworsify
• worsification