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awfulizing

awfulizing is the present participle and gerund 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 awfulizing

What is awfulizing the present participle and gerund of?
Awfulizing is the present participle and gerund of awfulize.

Words near awfulizing in the dictionary

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

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