traumatic
- adjective
- /trɔˈmætɪk/
- You've been through something traumatic, go relax.
- a traumatic event
- a traumatic experience
- traumatic stress
And she tells this traumatic, difficult, sad story.
- And she tells this traumatic, difficult, sad story.
- I, alongside my dad, endured A traumatic five years trying to save her.
- Just some of the very traumatic experiences that they went through.
- You've been through something traumatic, go relax.
- Somebody could have a horrible, traumatic, abusive childhood.
- But here's the thing, for me, it it brought back traumatic childhood memories.
- Some have had downright abusive, traumatic, violent childhoods.
- So that is a significant traumatic event for anyone.
- Like I'm I'm trying to deal with these traumatic memories.
- Because you've been through a few very traumatic events in your life.
- So that date might have been one of the most traumatic experiences of my life.
- What was the most traumatic thing that happened to you in your childhood?
- So it had been completely fused with his traumatic childhood experience.
- I've had these wonderful, brilliant girls who come from traumatic backgrounds.
- They've been through some dark and traumatic and painful.
- No, that's the most traumatic thing that I don't.
Examples
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It sounds like you had a traumatic experience at some point there.
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Just some of the very traumatic experiences that they went through.
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And she tells this traumatic, difficult, sad story.
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So that is a significant traumatic event for anyone.
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We process the events of the day, traumatic or not, during deep sleep.
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Still, it had to be traumatic.
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To have your home invaded is a traumatic experience, one that brings up all kinds of issues.
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I-- I think I need some decompression time after that very traumatic experience back there.
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I have helped policemen through very traumatic moments.
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Witnessing the accident was a traumatic experience for everyone involved.
Synonyms
Causing worry or fear
Causing very great damage or sadness
Causing great fear or shock
Causing very strong fear or sadness
Making someone feel very worried or upset
Antonyms
Compounds
How Traumatic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Traumatic comes from the Greek word trauma ('wound'), and people began to use it for deep emotional 'wounds' too. That's why a traumatic event is one that leaves someone very upset or hurt inside.