Meaning

3 senses

  1. (intransitive, transitive)To regard a bad situation as if it were disastrous or catastrophic.

  2. (intransitive, transitive)To expose a behavior pattern of seeking the worst interpretation and magnifying the disagreeable outcomes (of).

  3. (obsolete)To end a comedy.

Forms

catastrophizes, catastrophizing, catastrophized, catastrophized
Base formcatastrophize · to catastrophize
3rd person singularcatastrophizes
Present participlecatastrophizing
Past simplecatastrophized
Past participlecatastrophized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycatastrophize
he, she, itcatastrophizes

Past simpleLesson

all personscatastrophized

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill catastrophize

Synonyms

1 synonyms
awfulize

Word family

7 related words
RelatedruminateC2declinismdeteriorationismdoompostnegativity bias
Derivedcatastrophizationcatastrophizer

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cataractcatastropheB2catastrophicB2catboycatchA1catcher
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