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

Tilt and the gallant escort was replaced by a boy too traumatized to leave his mother’s side. —Literary Hub, 20 Jan. 2026

As Duncan Kane, Teddy Dunn brought the smoldering James Dean energy to his traumatized character. —Sezin Koehler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Jan. 2026

Daring to dream Hernández, the writer and activist, said many in the diaspora are too traumatized to imagine a future in Venezuela. —Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026

Each number represents a shattered family, a traumatized community, another generation learning too early how to survive gunfire. —Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 15 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1882, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for traumatized

• acclimatized
• actualized
• aerosolized
• alphabetized
• aluminized
• anaesthetized
• anesthetized
• annualized
• antagonized
• apologised
• apologized
• capitalised