Showing Results for "traumatized"

traumatized

VERB

inflict trauma

Synonyms

STRONGEST

disturb grieve hurt mortify offend outrage shock upset

STRONG

bother distress get pain sting trouble

WEAK

cut to the quick do in dump on hurt one's feelings put down shake up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm compliment delight make happy order please satisfy soothe

STRONG

aid assist help

Example Sentences

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Those choices will matter to a traumatized society whose members will insist on having a say in the decisions.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

Her family’s home was lost in the explosion, which she said traumatized her elderly parents.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

“But he said no cows. He might have been traumatized by the early mornings and milking twice a day.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

The 64-year-old premier has expensive promises to keep to an electorate traumatized by the first inflation in decades.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

HARRY: Albus, please—can we just— ALBUS: . . . traumatized by his cousin, Dudley, saved by Hogwarts.

From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling