awfulize
v.— «Awfulizing is “terminal pessimism,” which turns a half-hour delay into a global crisis.» —“Don’t blame others for stress you can handle” by Albert B. Crenshaw Washington Post Jan. 11, 1981. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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