pessimize

English

Etymology

From Latin pessimus (“worst”) + -ize.

Verb

pessimize (third-person singular simple present pessimizes, present participle pessimizing, simple past and past participle pessimized)

  1. (intransitive) To think like a pessimist; to believe the worst.
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  2. (transitive) To make (something) pessimal.
  3. (transitive) To make (something) less efficient, such as a computer program.
  4. (intransitive) To become pessimal.

Antonyms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pessimize in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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