Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

catastrophizing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English

Syllables
catas-tro-phiz-ing
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of catastrophize

Questions

What does catastrophizing mean?
present participle and gerund of catastrophize

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