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

At this point, Monroe is used to playing cold, traumatized and tortured women who have an uncanny knack for finding and confronting evil. —Jake Kring-Schreifels, Washington Post, 11 July 2024

After the crash, a group of traumatized witnesses held Hyden in the park until police arrived. —Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 7 July 2024

And a lot of them become just old, scarred, traumatized people that end up beating their wives or becoming alcoholics and divorcing and all the typical stuff in our societies. —Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2024

Thousands are injured, malnourished, traumatized or living with disabilities. —Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 30 May 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1882, in the meaning defined above