pessimizev.
/ˈpɛsᵻmʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈpɛsəˌmaɪz/ transitive. To take a negative view of; to utter pessimistically, make the worst of. Also intransitive: to act or speak in a pessimistic manner.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > make melancholy [verb (transitive)] > view pessimistically
pessimize1862
1862 Daily Tel. 5 Sept. 4/6 The rabid rage of a losing cause precipitating and pessimising its own loss.
1906 Pall Mall Gaz. 18 Jan. 9 Sir Henry John Stedman Cotton..earned the enthusiasm of the Radicals by the zeal with which he pessimised and protested about the Tibet Mission.
1938 R. Macaulay Writings E. M. Forster xv. 253 We pessimize about culture because there is more vulgar stuff produced and enjoyed than before.
1999 Chicago Sun-Times (Nexis) 15 Sept. 6 ‘You don't stay at Notre Dame very long making a lot of third-and-eights,’ Holtz pessimized.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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v.1862- to see much of
- to see nothing of
- to see of
- to see off
- to see off the new ball
- to see on
- to see one somethinged first
- to see one's way
- to see one's way clear to
- to see one's way to
- to see or have seen a wolf
- to see out
- to see out for
- to see over
- to see reason
- to see red
- to see round
- to see sense
- to see service
- to see snakes
- to see someone all right
- to see someone right
- to see someone righted
- to see someone safe
- to see someone under the table