Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to catastrophize
Participle: catastrophized
Gerund: catastrophizing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | catastrophize |
| you | catastrophize |
| he;she;it | catastrophizes |
| we | catastrophize |
| you | catastrophize |
| they | catastrophize |
Perfect
| I | have catastrophized |
| you | have catastrophized |
| he;she;it | has catastrophized |
| we | have catastrophized |
| you | have catastrophized |
| they | have catastrophized |
Past
| I | catastrophized |
| you | catastrophized |
| he;she;it | catastrophized |
| we | catastrophized |
| you | catastrophized |
| they | catastrophized |
Pluperfect
| I | had catastrophized |
| you | had catastrophized |
| he;she;it | had catastrophized |
| we | had catastrophized |
| you | had catastrophized |
| they | had catastrophized |
Future
| I | will catastrophize |
| you | will catastrophize |
| he;she;it | will catastrophize |
| we | will catastrophize |
| you | will catastrophize |
| they | will catastrophize |
Future Perfect
| I | will have catastrophized |
| you | will have catastrophized |
| he;she;it | will have catastrophized |
| we | will have catastrophized |
| you | will have catastrophized |
| they | will have catastrophized |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | catastrophize |
| you | catastrophize |
| he;she;it | catastrophize |
| we | catastrophize |
| you | catastrophize |
| they | catastrophize |
Perfect
| I | have catastrophized |
| you | have catastrophized |
| he;she;it | have catastrophized |
| we | have catastrophized |
| you | have catastrophized |
| they | have catastrophized |
Imperfect
| I | catastrophized |
| you | catastrophized |
| he;she;it | catastrophized |
| we | catastrophized |
| you | catastrophized |
| they | catastrophized |
Pluperfect
| I | had catastrophized |
| you | had catastrophized |
| he;she;it | had catastrophized |
| we | had catastrophized |
| you | had catastrophized |
| they | had catastrophized |
Conditional
Present
| I | would catastrophize |
| you | would catastrophize |
| he;she;it | would catastrophize |
| we | would catastrophize |
| you | would catastrophize |
| they | would catastrophize |
Perfect
| I | would have catastrophized |
| you | would have catastrophized |
| he;she;it | would have catastrophized |
| we | would have catastrophized |
| you | would have catastrophized |
| they | would have catastrophized |
Imperative
| you | catastrophize |
| we | Let's catastrophize |
| you | catastrophize |
Verbs conjugated like 'catastrophize'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'catastrophize'
catastrophise,
apostrophize,
apostrophise,
allotropize,
anastomize,
catabolize,
catalogize,
cataloguize,
metamorphize,
abastardize,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. English catastrophe
3. Proto-Indo-European *-id-
4. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
5. Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
6. Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
7. Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
8. Late Latin -izōder.
9. Middle French -iserbor.
10. Middle English -isen
11. English -ize
12. English catastrophize
13. From catastrophe + -ize.
Sample Sentences
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Particularly likely to overreact are those who tend to catastrophize (Ellis, 1962) and those who have Type A personalities (Friedman & Rosenman, 1974). [1947, Tavistock Institute of Human Relations, University of Michigan Research Center for Group Dynamics, Human Relations:]
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Another way to catastrophize is to jump to an extreme conclusion from an unimportant or irrelevant event. [2001, David H. Barlow, Clinical Handbook of Psychological Disorders:]
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[I]ndividuals who catastrophized reported worse health-related quality of life, higher psychological distress, and perceived more somatic symptoms, worse consequences, and more severe emotional impact as compared to those participants who did not catastrophize. [2017, LeeAnne B. Sherwin, Emily Leary, Wendy A. Henderson, “The association of catastrophizing with quality-of-life outcomes in patients with irritable bowel syndrome”, in Quality of Life Research, volume 26, number 8, →DOI:]
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“The Great Feminization” catastrophizes wildly about the future, presumably because what’s happening in the present utterly undermines its central thesis. [2025 November 5, Sophie Gilbert, “No, Women Aren’t the Problem”, in The Atlantic:]