Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense traumatizes, present participle traumatizing, past tense, past participle traumatizedregional note: in BRIT, also use traumatise
verb
If someone is traumatized by an event or situation, it shocks or upsets them very much, and may cause them psychological damage.
I was traumatized by the experience. [beVERB-ed]
Did his parents traumatize him? [VERB noun]
Traumatising a child with an abnormal fear of strangers probably won't do much good. [VERB noun + with]
...young children traumatised by their parents' deaths. [VERB-ed]
Synonyms: devastate [informal], disturb, overwhelm, distress More Synonyms of traumatize
traumatizedadjective
He left her in the middle of the road, shaking and deeply traumatized.
He could not cope alone with two traumatized children.
traumatize in British English
or traumatise (ˈtrɔːməˌtaɪz)
verb
1. (transitive)
to wound or injure (the body)
2.
to subject or be subjected to mental trauma
Derived forms
traumatization (ˌtraumatiˈzation) or traumatisation (ˌtraumatiˈsation)
noun
traumatize in American English
(ˈtrɔməˌtaɪz; also ˈtrɑməˌtaɪz)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈtraumaˌtized or ˈtraumaˌtizing
1. Medicine
to injure or wound (tissues)
2. Psychiatry
to subject to a trauma
Synonyms of 'traumatize'
devastate, disturb, overwhelm, distress
More Synonyms of traumatize
In other languages
traumatize
British English: traumatize VERB
If someone is traumatized by an event or situation, it shocks or upsets them very much, and may cause them psychological damage.
My wife was traumatized by the experience.
American English: traumatize
Brazilian Portuguese: traumatizar
Chinese: 使… > 痛苦精神
European Spanish: traumatizar
French: traumatiser
German: traumatisieren
Italian: traumatizzare
Japanese: 精神的外傷を与える
Korean: 정신적인 충격을 받다
European Portuguese: traumatizar
Latin American Spanish: traumatizar
(verb)
young children traumatized by their parents' deaths
Synonyms
devastate (informal)
If word of this gets out, it will devastate his family.
disturb
He had been disturbed by the news of the attack.
overwhelm
He was overwhelmed by a longing for times past.
distress
I did not want to frighten or distress her.
dismay
The committee was dismayed by what it had been told.
knock for six (informal)
deeply upset
Additional synonyms
in the sense of dismay
Definition
to fill with alarm or depression
The committee was dismayed by what it had been told.
Synonyms
alarm,
frighten,
scare,
panic,
distress,
terrify,
appal,
startle,
horrify,
paralyse,
unnerve,
put the wind up (someone) (informal),
give (someone) a turn (informal),
affright,
fill with consternation
in the sense of distress
Definition
to upset badly
I did not want to frighten or distress her.
Synonyms
upset,
worry,
trouble,
pain,
wound,
bother,
disturb,
dismay,
grieve,
torment,
harass,
afflict,
harrow,
agitate,
sadden,
perplex,
disconcert,
agonize,
fluster,
perturb,
faze,
throw (someone) off balance
in the sense of disturb
Definition
to upset or worry
He had been disturbed by the news of the attack.
Synonyms
upset,
concern,
worry,
trouble,
shake,
excite,
alarm,
confuse,
distress,
distract,
dismay,
unsettle,
agitate,
ruffle,
confound,
unnerve,
vex,
fluster,
perturb,
derange,
discompose
Synonyms of 'traumatize'
traumatize
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Additional synonyms
in the sense of overwhelm
Definition
to overpower the thoughts, emotions, or senses of (someone)