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traumatic

/tɹɔˈmætɪk/adjective3 syllables

Traumatic means: psychologically painful.

Synonyms for traumatic1

adjective, as in psychologically painful

What does traumatic mean?2

adjective

1

psychologically painful“few experiences are more traumatic than losing a child”

2

of or relating to a physical injury or wound to the body

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with traumatic?27

two syllables

three syllables

dramaticpragmaticecstaticerraticthematicfanaticclimaticschematicpneumaticemphatic

five syllables

aristocratic
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Traumatic in a sentence

  • Sure, it might be traumatic, but so what?CM
  • After returning from war, many soldiers show signs of post-traumatic stress syndrome.Tangobango
  • Hitler suffered from complex post-traumatic stress disorder.Orange
  • I got a tattoo to cover a scar from a traumatic event.shekitten
  • I faced a traumatic event in my childhood involving sexual violence.Nuel
  • That man suffers from post-traumatic stress syndrome.swolesuki
  • Dmitri rescued the little girl away from the traumatic scenery.Amastan
  • I got this tattoo to cover up a scar from a traumatic experience.shekitten

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