traumatizing
present participle oftraumatize
traumatize
verb[Tusually passive]
(UKusuallytraumatise)uk/ˈtrɔː.mə.taɪz//ˈtraʊ.mə.taɪz/us/ˈtrɑː.mə.taɪz/toshockandupsetsomeoneseverelyand for alongtime:
She wascompletelytraumatized by thedeathof hermother.
Synonym
shock
Making people sad, shocked and upset
- aback
- amiss
- appal
- be laughing on the other side ofyourfaceidiom
- bite
- haunt
- heartbreaker
- heartbreakingly
- hit/touch a (raw) nerveidiom
- horrify
- mess
- nose
- sensitivity
- shake
- shakesomeoneup
- shake/rocksomethingtoitsfoundationsidiom
- shattering
- shocker
- sorrow
- tear
Examplesoftraumatizing
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This all implies that dreams may be positive, exploratory, creative play, when they are not dealing specifically with an anomaly intense enough to betraumatizing.
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Traumatizingeffect of breech delivery on infants with spina bifida.
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His parents, occupied with guilt for being responsible for the accident, avoided discussing the event with him out of fear of furthertraumatizinghim.
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It then progresses to a series of highlytraumatizingexperiences for the whole family.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Emotional contact liketraumatizingevents can be erased, much easier than other memories.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He used dissociation to describe the way in whichtraumatizingmemories are stored separately from other memories.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Traumatizingevents that took place in childhood can cause depression.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Bierdermanns stay was sotraumatizingfor him later wrote that he never fully recovered.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This new procedure allows for the bowel to return to its intended shape and location without furthertraumatizingthe infant's viscera with undue internal pressure.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Confronting such mindless creatures can even betraumatizingto some of them.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This fear was brought on after atraumatizingchildhood event at a petting zoo where a horse bit him while his back was turned.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Once, he does catch a glimpse of one, but the mental contact (though brief) is sotraumatizingthat he must force himself away.
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- eventually
- eventual outcome
- eventual release
- eventual removal
- eventual return
- eventual sale
- eventual settlement
- eventual solution
- eventual success
- eventual victory
- eventual winner
- eventuate
- ever
- epigynous
- epilate
- epilator
- epilepsy
- epileptic
- epilogue
- epinephrine
- epipelagic
- EpiPen
- epiphany
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