unperk
English
Verb
unperk (third-person singular simple present unperks, present participle unperking, simple past and past participle unperked)
- (transitive) To make (someone) less lively or enthusiastic.
- 1926, Neville Shute, Marazan, London: Cassell, Chapter One,
- I told him I was going into Stokenchurch in his Ford whether he drove me or not. He perked up a bit at that, but I pretty soon unperked him, and at last we got going on the road to Stokenchurch.
- 1926, Neville Shute, Marazan, London: Cassell, Chapter One,
- (intransitive) To become less lively or enthusiastic.
- 2005, Warren Farrell, Why Men Earn More, New York: Amacom, Introduction, p. xvi,
- […] one single woman did perk up a bit, about there being a lot of single guys there, but then she unperked when she recalled that the cost of living is higher there.
- 2005, Warren Farrell, Why Men Earn More, New York: Amacom, Introduction, p. xvi,
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