"awfulize" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: awfulizes [present, singular, third-person], awfulizing [participle, present], awfulized [participle, past], awfulized [past]
Etymology: From awful + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|awful|ize}} awful + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} awfulize (third-person singular simple present awfulizes, present participle awfulizing, simple past and past participle awfulized)
  1. (psychotherapy) To react dramatically or catastrophically to distressing events. Categories (topical): Psychotherapy Related terms: awfulization

Inflected forms

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