traumatized

/ˈtrɔːmətaɪzd/

adjectiveverbtrau · ma · tized

Think: "TRAUMA" + "TIZED"—if something causes TRAUMA, you may feel trauma-tized (traumatized).

Yes, it's traumatized. Don’t drop the second “a”: it’s trAUma + tized (…a…a…), and it ends with -ized (not -ised in American spelling).

Definitions

  1. adjectivedeeply upset or distressed because of a frightening, shocking, or painful experience.
  2. verbsimple past tense and past participle of traumatize; to cause someone to experience severe emotional distress or shock.

Examples

  • “After the car accident, he felt traumatized and avoided driving for months.”
  • “The loud fireworks left the rescue dog traumatized, so we kept her inside.”
  • “She was traumatized by the sudden loss and sought support from a counselor.”

Synonyms

shockeddistressedterrifiedscarredupset

Antonyms

calmuntroubledunaffected

Translations

ES traumatizadoPT traumatizadoFR traumatisé

Common misspellings

tramautizedtraumatisedtraumatizeedtraumetizedtraumatizeddtraumatizd

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