as in horrible
causing great and lasting pain or distress
The family struggled to cope with the traumatic experience of losing their home.
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Recent Examples of traumatic
So many people who went through this kind of trauma and traumatic symptoms.
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Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 21 Apr. 2025
Cherry often found himself in emotionally challenging scenes, like in Criminal Minds and House, M.D., where his characters would often go through traumatic experiences — but that didn’t seem to bother young Cherry.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Many who died suffered from traumatic head injuries, Dominican Republic Health Minister Victor Atallah said.
—Max Saltman, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
There wasn’t a traumatic effect that caused (the hamstring strain).
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
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Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 21 Apr. 2025
Cherry often found himself in emotionally challenging scenes, like in Criminal Minds and House, M.D., where his characters would often go through traumatic experiences — but that didn’t seem to bother young Cherry.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Many who died suffered from traumatic head injuries, Dominican Republic Health Minister Victor Atallah said.
—Max Saltman, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
There wasn’t a traumatic effect that caused (the hamstring strain).
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for traumatic
Adjective
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Wade has been in a horrible slump since the season started and going in to Saturday night’s game against the Los Angeles Angels is hitting .096 (5-for-52) with a homer, seven RBIs, eight walks and an on base percentage of .213.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
19 Apr. 2025
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The Braves desperately need to add a shortstop and some offensive help amid their horrible start to the season.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Lotions in particular remove hair from the root, are less painful than wax strips, and are much cheaper than laser hair removal and electrolysis.—
Danielle Jackson,
Glamour,
29 Apr. 2025
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Like many things in life, trying to fix something later is much more painful.—
Kevin Campbell,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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United have fallen massively and it’s been a terrible watch all season, bar a couple of highs.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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Public interest in the film intensified after a stroke of terrible happenstance.—
Jelani Cobb,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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My colleagues are stumped as to the real reason why, as am I. This has been a hot topic in my field, and the outpouring of outrage and kindness has been overwhelming.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2025
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The downside is that those 28 programs can be a bit overwhelming at first.—
Francesca Krempa,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The voice of Pope Francis has been such a voice—gentle, disarming, and at times, unsettling.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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These experiments busted the urban myth but also pointed to a the truth about how companies like Facebook sometimes serve up such disturbingly accurate advertisements that is much more complex, and unsettling.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City Before the turn of the year, Manchester City were stuck in an awful rut.—
Sam Tighe,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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The grandson of the benefactor whose maiden name christens the auditorium itself (The Fish Theater, which spawns a stream of awful fish puns as long as a whale), Jack was born into ballet and defends dance with every fiber of his being.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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There are better, more strategic ways to respond when work starts to feel unbearable.—
Sho Dewan,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Rogers, 32, told Newsweek that losing her partner in 2020 was unbearable.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Ghosts that wink could be scary but the face Sal makes is disturbing in other ways.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2025
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In cases where advertising is inevitable, some prefer ads that appeal on a personal level over messaging that can be inappropriate or, even, disturbing and offensive.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Traumatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traumatic. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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