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traumatic¹

  • /tɹɔːˈmætɪk/ UK
  • /tɹɔˈmætɪk/ US
  • /tɹɑˈmætɪk/ US, cot caught merger, dialectal
  • [tɹɑˈmæɾɪk] US, cot caught merger, dialectal
  • /tɹɒmˈætɪk/ Canada, dialectal
  • [tɹɒmˈæɾɪk] Canada, dialectal
  • /tɹoːˈmætɪk/ Australia
  • [tɹoːˈmæɾɪk] Australia
  • /tɹoːˈmɛtək/ New Zealand
  • [tɹoːˈmɛɾək] New Zealand

Where it comes from

From the Latin traumaticus, from the Ancient Greek τραυματικός (traumatikós), from τραῦμα (traûma). By surface analysis, trauma + -tic.

adjective more traumatic · most traumatic

  1. Of, caused by, or causing trauma. It's a sort of disease. There's a scientific name for it. Trau- something. Traumatic symplegia, that's it. This cat has traumatic symplegia. In other words, putting it in simple language adapted to the lay mind, where other cats are content to get their eight hours, Augustus wants his twenty-four.
  2. dated Of or relating to wounds; applied to wounds.
  3. dated Adapted to the cure of wounds; vulnerary. traumatick Decoctions
  4. Produced by wounds, especially as opposed to disease or other process. traumatic tetanus; traumatic brain injury

Opposite: non-traumatic, nontraumatic, untraumatic

traumatic²

  • /tɹɔːˈmætɪk/ UK
  • /tɹɔˈmætɪk/ US
  • /tɹɑˈmætɪk/ US, cot caught merger, dialectal
  • [tɹɑˈmæɾɪk] US, cot caught merger, dialectal
  • /tɹɒmˈætɪk/ Canada, dialectal
  • [tɹɒmˈæɾɪk] Canada, dialectal
  • /tɹoːˈmætɪk/ Australia
  • [tɹoːˈmæɾɪk] Australia
  • /tɹoːˈmɛtək/ New Zealand
  • [tɹoːˈmɛɾək] New Zealand

Where it comes from

From the Latin [medicāmentum] traumaticum, from traumaticus.

noun traumatics

  1. dated A medicine for wounds; a vulnerary.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: painful, wounding, harmful, stabbing, agonizing, injurious, distressing, disorder, tragic, brutal, dire, excessively, dramatic, syndrome, post-traumatic, shocks

adjective

Opposite: non-traumatic, nontraumatic, untraumatic

Translations

Every language

adj of, caused by, or causing trauma

Españoltraumático
日本語外傷体験 gaishō taiken
Portuguêstraumático
Françaistraumatique
Deutschtraumatisch
Italianotraumatico
Ελληνικάτραυματικός travmatikós
Românătraumatic
Русскийтравмати́ческий travmatíčeskij
Tiếng Việtgây chấn thương, gây sang chấn

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@misc{traumatic_2026,
  title = {traumatic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/traumatic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}