traumatizeverb [ T usually passive ]
UK usually traumatise uk/ˈtrɔː.mə.taɪz//ˈtraʊ.mə.taɪz/us/ˈtrɑː.mə.taɪz/to shock and upset someone severely and for a long time:
She was completely traumatized by the death of her mother.
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Making people sad, shocked and upset
- aback
- amiss
- appal
- be laughing on the other side of your face idiom
- bite
- burn
- haunt
- hit/touch a (raw) nerve idiom
- horrify
- hurt sb's feelings idiom
- hurtful
- laugh
- mess
- nose
- shake
- take sb aback
- tear sb apart
- tear sb's heart out idiom
- torture
- twist/turn the knife (in the wound) idiom
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traumatized
adjective UK usually traumatised uk/ˈtrɔː.mə.taɪzd//ˈtraʊ.mə.taɪzd/us/ˈtrɑː.mə.taɪzd/
The whole experience left him traumatized.