catastrophize
C1CEFR level
55/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister
To interpret a symptom or situation as being far worse than it realistically is.
Part of the consultation involved helping him stop catastrophizing every twinge of pain.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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