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(intransitive, psychotherapy, psychology) 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.
Use awfulize when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Awfulize means (intransitive, psychotherapy, psychology) To react dramatically or catastrophically to distressing events..
Common synonyms include catastrophize.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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