dismalise

English

Etymology

From dismal +‎ -ise.

Verb

dismalise (third-person singular simple present dismalises, present participle dismalising, simple past and past participle dismalised)

1. Alternative form of dismalize
   • 1851, Revivalism, its nature, importance, and means of attainment.:

     This is, we fear, the case with many who dismalise all around them with their unavailing complaints and lamentations, instead of using proper means for self-improvement.

   • 1873, Benjamin Waugh, The Gaol Cradle: who Rocks It?, page 12:

     Charley, changed not in nature but in lot, would become a unit to the year's list of "Juvenile Criminals," and serve to dismalise the visage of some excellent and sincere Exeter Hall orator, and to impart a sensational shock to an Exeter Hall audience.

   • 1948, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).:

     One of the things which is doing more harm than good and helping to dismalise this country and to discourage trade is the appalling idea that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has on austerity.

Anagrams

• idealisms