doomscrolled
SayDOOM-skrohldUS/ˈdumˌskɹoʊld/UK/ˈduːmˌskɹəʊld/
- 1Simple past and past participle of doomscroll.
He doomscrolled late into the night, unable to look away from the disaster coverage.
After the storm hit, millions doomscrolled until dawn searching for updates.
Note
One regular -ed form does double duty: it is the simple past (she doomscrolled all night) and also the participle after have (she had doomscrolled for hours). The verb is a recent coinage that works with or without an object. You can say he doomscrolled the headlines, or let it stand alone with a phrase of time, as in doomscrolled until dawn.
doomscrolled is a form of doomscroll
doomscroll, verb: To keep scrolling through negative or distressing news online, often compulsively and to one's own detriment. Full entry
- Forms
- doomscrolldoomscrolls he/she/itdoomscrolling -ing formdoomscrolled past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- doomscroll → doomscrolled: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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