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awfulize /ˈôfəˌlīz /verb [with object] informalImagine (a situation) to be as bad as it can possibly be: I awfulized the upcoming confrontation I was planning to have with my boss...- If they would not ‘awfulize’ their situation and be challenged to have a more realistic, balanced view of their circumstances, then their mood and behavior may improve.
- For example, in demanding perfection you go to one extreme, while in awfulizing you go to the other.
- A common awfulizing exaggeration uses the words always or never, incorrectly and inaccurately.
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