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

His father, a psychologist, realized the psychological benefits of providing this kind of mental escape to traumatized children. —Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025

Later, when things have died down, a traumatized Henry puts his conflicted feelings into an open letter to the London Times. —Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 8 Aug. 2025

Brown reveals that story is told through the traumatized mind of the young daughter. —Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 Aug. 2025

Rehabilitation experts say that sunshine and nature can be healing for the traumatized soldiers, and that the uneven, soft surface of golf courses helps them to master their prosthetics. —Brendan Hoffman, New York Times, 25 July 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