traumatized

adjective

trau·​ma·​tized ˈtrȯ-mə-ˌtīzd How to pronounce traumatized (audio)
 also  ˈtrau̇-
: affected by physical or emotional trauma
He has always admitted responsibility for the crash, on the Autobahn between Berlin and Leipzig, which … left him temporarily paralyzed and traumatized.John Rockwell
Patients are less traumatized, require shorter hospital stays, and heal faster than with conventional surgery. Yet despite the benefits, laparoscopy is a challenging procedure.Kathy A. Svitil
Two traumatized plane-crash survivors, played by Jeff Bridges and Rosie Perez, teach each other how to live again.Peter Travers
… the many barriers leading to his conviction: for one, victims too traumatized to press charges.Eloise Kinney

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To play this incredibly complex character, this traumatized character with a lot of pain behind her. Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 13 May 2025 Krakauer, traumatized and exhausted, wrote a seventeen-thousand-word article within weeks. Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025 And while all babies cry, traumatized babies cry a lot, and these babies wailed at the slightest provocation. Frances Dodds Samantha Desz Krish Seenivasan Joel Thibodeau, New York Times, 18 May 2025 Typically, a traumatized woman seeking violent revenge is made to back off from the abyss at the last minute, reasserting her superior humanity by refusing to sink to her victimizer’s level. Jesse Hassenger, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for traumatized

Word History

First Known Use

1882, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of traumatized was in 1882

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“Traumatized.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traumatized. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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