Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unparadise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-par-adise
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make (something paradisaical) less like paradise; To spoil the joy of.

Transitive verb

verb

To expel from or prevent from entering heaven.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Could you, so rich in rapture, fear an end, That ghastly thought would drink up all your joy, And quite unparadise the realms of light."
"Those joys perchance may pass; a stronger hand May wrest my sceptre, and unparadise The Swerga;"
"Of what avail is learning?—What? But to unparadise man's lot!"
"It is true that they threaten to unparadise England, but there is one undeniable benefit for which we are indebted to them —every now and then they prevent the weather from being the most detestable subject of common conversation."
"It would be the most desirable of human abodes, but for a number of evils which infest it, and which are sufficient to unparadise any earthly Eden."
"Archangels guard the gates with flaming swords, The same, 'tis said, who at an earlier day Did man unparadise;"

Etymology

From un- + paradise.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

unparadises (present, singular) unparadising (participle, present) unparadised (participle, past) unparadised (past)

Questions

What does unparadise mean?: To make (something paradisaical) less like paradise; To spoil the joy of.
Where does unparadise come from?: From un- + paradise.

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