Traumatic
Pronunciation: /trɔːˈmætɪk/
Traumatic (adjective)
- causing strong emotional pain or distress
- related to a serious physical injury or wound
Examples
- The experience was traumatic for everyone involved.
- Losing a pet can be a traumatic event.
Common collocations: traumatic experience, emotionally traumatic, traumatic memory, traumatic injury, suffer a traumatic injury