Meanings
present singular third person awfulizes · participle present awfulizing · participle past awfulized · past awfulized
- intransitivepsychotherapyhuman sciencesTo 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 EllisSynonyms: catastrophize
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo react dramatically or catastrophically to distressing events.
Origin
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