catastrophise

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A form of catastrophize — To regard a bad situation as if it were disastrous or catastrophic.

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Meanings

verbcatastrophise (third-person singular simple present catastrophises, present participle catastrophising, simple past and past participle catastrophised)

present singular third person catastrophises · participle present catastrophising · participle past catastrophised · past catastrophised

  1. BritishEnglishNon OxfordNon-Oxford British English form of catastrophize.
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