"disimprove" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dis",
        "3": "improve"
      },
      "expansion": "dis- + improve",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "dis- + improve",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "disimproves",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "disimproving",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "disimproved",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "disimproved",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "disimprove (third-person singular simple present disimproves, present participle disimproving, simple past and past participle disimproved)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "37 23 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with dis-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1642, Jeremy Taylor, The Sacred Order and Offices of Episcopacy or Episcopacy Asserted against the Arians and Acephali New and Old",
          "text": "To which may be added this advantage, that the services of churchmen are rewardable upon the church's stock: no need to disimprove the royal banks to pay thanks to bishops.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make worse."
      ],
      "id": "en-disimprove-en-verb-7WIm9vKr",
      "links": [
        [
          "worse",
          "worse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, rare) To make worse."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "37 23 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with dis-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To deteriorate."
      ],
      "id": "en-disimprove-en-verb-FNUhB~QU",
      "links": [
        [
          "deteriorate",
          "deteriorate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, rare) To deteriorate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 5 87",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 23 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with dis-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To try to make something better but end up making it worse."
      ],
      "id": "en-disimprove-en-verb-tx1XQuds",
      "links": [
        [
          "verschlimmbessern",
          "verschlimmbessern#German"
        ],
        [
          "better",
          "better"
        ],
        [
          "worse",
          "worse"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "influenced by the German verb verschlimmbessern",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, rare, influenced by the German verb verschlimmbessern) To try to make something better but end up making it worse."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "disimprove"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms prefixed with dis-",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dis",
        "3": "improve"
      },
      "expansion": "dis- + improve",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "dis- + improve",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "disimproves",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "disimproving",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "disimproved",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "disimproved",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "disimprove (third-person singular simple present disimproves, present participle disimproving, simple past and past participle disimproved)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1642, Jeremy Taylor, The Sacred Order and Offices of Episcopacy or Episcopacy Asserted against the Arians and Acephali New and Old",
          "text": "To which may be added this advantage, that the services of churchmen are rewardable upon the church's stock: no need to disimprove the royal banks to pay thanks to bishops.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make worse."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "worse",
          "worse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, rare) To make worse."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To deteriorate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "deteriorate",
          "deteriorate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, rare) To deteriorate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To try to make something better but end up making it worse."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "verschlimmbessern",
          "verschlimmbessern#German"
        ],
        [
          "better",
          "better"
        ],
        [
          "worse",
          "worse"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "influenced by the German verb verschlimmbessern",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, rare, influenced by the German verb verschlimmbessern) To try to make something better but end up making it worse."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "disimprove"
}