traumatized

adjective

trau·​ma·​tized ˈtrȯ-mə-ˌtīzd 

 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

Examples of traumatized in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Telling a story as special as Hazel’s, one steeped in magical realism but also rooted in a traumatized American South, required the team to frequently check in with internal and external sources to ensure it was done gracefully. —Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025

First Blood, a queasy psychological thriller about a traumatized Vietnam veteran's encounter with corrupt cops in a small Washington town. —Randall Colburn, EW.com, 10 Feb. 2025

The exhausted, traumatized victim endures this treatment in the hope that the whole nightmare can be made real to those who will sit in judgment of her. —Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025

Empty lots and traumatized people are ever present. —David Bainbridge, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1882, in the meaning defined above