adj
noun
Freq #10554
Meanings
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1
adj
Deeply shocking and emotionally painful.
Losing his job was a traumatic experience for the whole family.
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2
adj
Relating to a serious physical injury or wound.
He suffered a traumatic brain injury in the accident.
Thesaurus
Opposites
non-traumaticnontraumaticuntraumatic
Word family
Derived forms
atraumaticbarotraumaticbiotraumaticcalciotraumaticgeotraumaticmonotraumaticneurotraumaticperitraumaticphonotraumaticpolytraumaticpost-traumaticposttraumatic
Etymology
From the Latin traumaticus, from the Ancient Greek τραυματικός (traumatikós), from τραῦμα (traûma). By surface analysis, trauma + -tic.