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- verb Present participle of
awfulize .
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Examples
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Instead, she urged audience members to put aside any "awfulizing" attitudes - the "what ifs" that undermine confidence - and to risk the unfamiliar.
New Jersey Jewish News webmaster@njjewishnews.com 2010
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When we take ourselves less seriously and begin to realize that "we're not here for a long time, but we are here for a good time" we tend to stop "catastrophizing" and "awfulizing."
Loretta LaRoche: Why We Should Embrace Our Age Loretta LaRoche 2010
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When we take ourselves less seriously and begin to realize that "we're not here for a long time, but we are here for a good time" we tend to stop "catastrophizing" and "awfulizing."
Loretta LaRoche: Why You Must Embrace Your Age! Loretta LaRoche 2010
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When we take ourselves less seriously and begin to realize that "we're not here for a long time, but we are here for a good time" we tend to stop "catastrophizing" and "awfulizing."
Loretta LaRoche: Why You Must Embrace Your Age! Loretta LaRoche 2010
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And as the cable companies prepared over a 16-month period for the digital conversion by instilling fear into their customers, their dialing for dollars to "upgrade" customers by awfulizing lost channels or poor skin tone with a government approved digital cable box only helped to line their pockets.
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Also, if Mr. Cheney has serious concerns, would it not be more appropriate to write a detailed confidential letter to President Obama outlining his concerns rather than to “awfulizing” in public.
‘Tough, Mean, Dirty, Nasty Business’ of Security - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Also, if Mr. Cheney has serious concerns, would it not be more appropriate to write a detailed confidential letter to President Obama outlining his concerns rather than to “awfulizing” in public.
‘Tough, Mean, Dirty, Nasty Business’ of Security - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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I don't see the upside of being miserable when the science shows that strategic doses of fun can shred the awfulizing and irrational thoughts that are at the root of most stress.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Joe Robinson 2011
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When someone else begins awfulizing, it’s all too easy to join in and keep the ball rolling.
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