traumatize
verb [T usually passive] (UK usually traumatise) /ˈtrɔː.mə.taɪz/ /ˈtraʊ-/
/ˈtrɑː-/ Definition
› to shock and upset someone severely and for a long time: She was completely traumatized by the death of her mother.Making people sad, shocked and upset traumatized (UK usually traumatised) /-taɪzd/ adjective › The whole experience left him traumatized.Feeling sad and unhappy
(Definition of traumatize verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
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- amiss adjective
- appal verb
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- bother verb (WORRY)
- gnaw verb (FEEL WORRIED)
- go/fall to pieces idiom
- grieve verb
- haunt verb (REPEATEDLY TROUBLE)
- hit/touch a (raw) nerve idiom
- horrify verb
- offend verb (UPSET)
- offense noun
- shake sb up phrasal verb
- shake/rock sth to its foundations idiom
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- sting verb (HURT)
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- toxic adjective (UNPLEASANT)
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