Something is traumatic if it's very upsetting, painful, or disturbing. The word is related to a Greek word meaning "wound," so you can think of traumatic as something involving a wound, either physical or mental.
Of or pertaining to wounds; applied to wounds.
Adjective S.
causing physical or especially psychological injury; "a stabbing remark"; "few experiences are more traumatic than losing a child"; "wounding and false charges of disloyalty"
Adjective S.
psychologically painful
Adjective
of or relating to a physical injury or wound to the body
a.
Of or pertaining to wounds; applied to wounds.
a.
Adapted to the cure of wounds; vulnerary.
a.
Produced by wounds; as, traumatic tetanus.
n.
A traumatic medicine.
Traumatic
Of or pertaining to wounds; applied to wounds.
Usage Examples
Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats.
Men and women who have served in harm's way experience higher rates of divorce and suicide. Many battle the debilitating effects and stigma associated with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
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Other Usage ExamplesAs the National Football League and other pro sports increasingly reckon with the early dementia, mental health issues, suicides and even criminal behavior of former players, the risk of what's known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), is becoming clear.
Divorce is one of the most financially traumatic things you can go through. Money spent on getting mad or getting even is money wasted.
In a way, film and television are in the same sort of traumatic trance that print journalism is. The technology has outpaced our comprehension of its implications.