Traumatic

Pronunciation: /trɔːˈmætɪk/

Traumatic (adjective)

  1. causing strong emotional pain or distress
  2. 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

Synonyms of Traumatic

Formal

Neutral

Informal

Antonyms of Traumatic

  • describing recovery or restoration
  • providing comfort or relief