Meanings
noundoom scrolling (uncountable)
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of doomscrolling.
He lowered the dosage after the election. That has been enough to sustain him through two months of doom scrolling about Trump denying the outcome and speculation about whether there will be a peaceful transition of power.
2021 January 8, Susan Greene, “On Edge: Politics, “doom scrolling” are toxic mix for this news junkie”, in The Denver Post
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doom scrolling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doom%20scrolling
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“doom scrolling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doom%20scrolling. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “doom scrolling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doom%20scrolling.
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