Need another word that means the same as “traumatic”? Find 30 synonyms and 30 related words for “traumatic” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Traumatic” are: disturbing, shocking, distressing, disquieting, upsetting, damaging, injurious, harmful, hurtful, painful, agonizing, awful, chilling, alarming, devastating, harrowing, excruciating, horrifying, terrifying, stressful, demanding, trying, taxing, terrible, bad, unpleasant, disagreeable, irksome, troublesome, vexatious
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “traumatic” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| agonizing | Causing great physical or mental pain. An agonizing death. |
| alarming | Frightening because of an awareness of danger. Our countryside is disappearing at an alarming rate. |
| awful | Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence. I felt awful for being so angry with him. |
| bad | Feeling physical discomfort or pain tough is occasionally used colloquially for bad. A bad recital. |
| chilling | Horrifying or frightening. A chilling account of the prisoners fate. |
| damaging | (sometimes followed by `to’) causing harm or injury. Damaging to career and reputation. |
| demanding | (of a person) making others work hard or meet high standards; not easily satisfied. A baby can be so demanding. |
| devastating | Physically or spiritually devastating often used in combination. She had a devastating wit. |
| disagreeable | Not agreeing with your tastes or expectations. Henry was always a very disagreeable boy. |
| disquieting | Inducing feelings of anxiety or worry. The disquieting sounds of nearby gunfire. |
| distressing | Causing anxiety, sorrow or pain; upsetting. Distressing or disturbing news. |
| disturbing | Causing anxiety; worrying. A disturbing amount of crime. |
| excruciating | Extremely painful. Excruciating back pain. |
| harmful | Causing or capable of causing harm. Too much sun is harmful to the skin. |
| harrowing | Acutely distressing. It was a harrowing experience. |
| horrifying | Provoking horror. A horrifying incident. |
| hurtful | Causing hurt. Her hurtful unconsidered words. |
| injurious | (of language) maliciously insulting; libellous. Food which is injurious to health. |
| irksome | So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness. An irksome journey. |
| painful | Causing physical or psychological pain. Their attempts at reggae are painful. |
| shocking | Causing a feeling of surprise and dismay. She brought shocking news. |
| stressful | Extremely irritating to the nerves. The stressful days before a war. |
| taxing | Not easily borne; wearing. They find the work too taxing. |
| terrible | Intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality. The stranger gave a terrible smile. |
| terrifying | Causing extreme terror. The terrifying events of the past few weeks. |
| troublesome | Causing difficulty or annoyance. A troublesome situation. |
| trying | Extremely irritating to the nerves. Fell upon trying times. |
| unpleasant | Offensive or disagreeable; causing discomfort or unhappiness. An unpleasant smell. |
| upsetting | Causing unhappiness, disappointment, or worry. A painful and upsetting divorce. |
| vexatious | Denoting an action or the bringer of an action that is brought without sufficient grounds for winning, purely to cause annoyance to the defendant. A frivolous or vexatious litigant. |
| accident | The working of fortune; chance. He had an accident at the factory. |
| aching | A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain. The cool air was a relief to my aching head. |
| amnesia | A partial or total loss of memory. They were suffering from amnesia. |
| blow | Shape by blowing. I d better blow. |
| bruise | Inflict a bruise or bruises on a part of the body. This remark really bruised my ego. |
| cataclysm | A large-scale and violent event in the natural world. The cataclysm at the end of the Cretaceous Period. |
| concussion | Temporary unconsciousness or confusion caused by a blow on the head. He was carried off the pitch with concussion. |
| damage | Suffer or be susceptible to damage. The damage to his reputation was considerable. |
| damaged | Being unjustly brought into disrepute. The storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings. |
| dementia | Mental deterioration of organic or functional origin. |
| episode | A brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series. The whole episode has been a major embarrassment. |
| event | A thing that happens or takes place, especially one of importance. He acted very wise after the event. |
| fatality | Helplessness in the face of fate. A sense of fatality gripped her. |
| forgetfulness | Lapse of memory. She teased him for his forgetfulness. |
| hallucination | An experience involving the apparent perception of something not present. His dreams of vast wealth are a hallucination. |
| happen | Happen occur or be the case in the course of events or by chance Santayana. Do you happen to know who her doctor is. |
| happening | An event that happens. A happening neighbourhood. |
| hurt | Hurt the feelings of. My back hurts. |
| incident | A single distinct event. The road will bring other incidental advantages. |
| incidental | An item that is incidental. The road will bring other incidental advantages. |
| injury | An instance of being injured. All escaped without serious injury. |
| lacerate | Criticize forcefully or severely. Her true venom seems reserved for the media itself as she lacerates our obsession with celebrity. |
| neurophysiology | The branch of neuroscience that studies the physiology of the nervous system. |
| oblivion | The state of being disregarded or forgotten. He sought the great oblivion of sleep. |
| occur | Happen; take place. Sexism occurs in many workplaces. |
| painful | Causing physical pain. Her ankle was very painful. |
| shock | Affect with physiological shock or with an electric shock. Rackets today don t bend or absorb shock the way wooden rackets do. |
| suffer | Undergo or suffer. My conscience would not suffer me to accept any more. |
| trauma | Emotional shock following a stressful event or a physical injury, which may lead to long-term neurosis. Rupture of the diaphragm caused by blunt trauma. |
| unintentionally | Not on purpose. Unintentionally rude song lyrics. |
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