awfulize
awfulize verb: to react dramatically or catastrophically to distressing events.
Verb
awfulize (third-person singular simple present awfulizes, present participle awfulizing, simple past and past participle awfulized)
- To react dramatically or catastrophically to distressing events.
- Now, when you awfulize you go beyond that and tell yourself, instead “It's horrible, awful and terrible!” You then mean several things, all of which are clearly unprovable and which any self-respecting Martian with an IQ of 100 could easily see through.2010, Michael E. Bernard, Rationality and the Pursuit of Happiness: The Legacy of Albert Ellis
- Synonyms:
- catastrophize
Synonyms of awfulize
Forms of awfulize
| third-person singular present | awfulizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | awfulizing |
| past participle | awfulized |
| past | awfulized |
Origin of awfulize
From awful + -ize.
Words formed from awfulize
Questions about awfulize
- What does awfulize mean?
- Awfulize means to react dramatically or catastrophically to distressing events.
- What part of speech is awfulize?
- Awfulize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of awfulize?
- The past tense of awfulize is awfulized.
Words near awfulize in the dictionary
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