Meaning

1 senses

  1. To react dramatically or catastrophically to distressing events.

Origin

From awful + -ize.

From awful + -ize.

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Forms

awfulizes, awfulizing, awfulized, awfulized
Base formawfulize · to awfulize
3rd person singularawfulizes
Present participleawfulizing
Past simpleawfulized
Past participleawfulized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyawfulize
he, she, itawfulizes

Past simpleLesson

all personsawfulized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave awfulized
he, she, ithas awfulized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill awfulize

Synonyms

1 synonyms
catastrophize

Word family

1 related words
Derivedawfulization

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
awesomeB1awesomenessawfulA2awfullyawhileawkwardB1

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