pessimize (English, verb)
expansion: pessimize (third-person singular simple present pessimizes, present participle pessimizing, simple past and past participle pessimized)
Senses:
glosses: To take a pessimistic view of; to speak of in a negative or pessimistic way.
tags: transitive
glosses: To make (something) pessimal or the worst; (in a weaker sense) to make (something, such as a computer program) less efficient.
tags: transitive
glosses: To think like a pessimist; to believe the worst.
tags: intransitive
glosses: To become pessimal or the worst.
tags: intransitive
Forms:
form: pessimizes
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: pessimizing
tags: participle
present
form: pessimized
tags: participle
past
form: pessimized
tags: past
form: pessimise
tags: alternative