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awfulized

awfulized is the simple past and past participle of awfulize.

Meaning of awfulize

Verb

awfulize (third-person singular simple present awfulizes, present participle awfulizing, simple past and past participle awfulized)

  1. (intransitive, psychotherapy) 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

Questions about awfulized

What is awfulized the simple past and past participle of?
Awfulized is the simple past and past participle of awfulize.

Words near awfulized in the dictionary

  1. awful
  2. awful but lawful
  3. awfulest
  4. awfulization
  5. awfulize
  6. awfulized
  7. awfulizes
  8. awfulizing
  9. awfull
  10. awfuller
  11. awfullest

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