trauma

Noun

Meaning

Any serious injury to the body, often resulting from violence or an accident.

An emotional wound leading to psychological injury.

An event that causes great distress.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

hell heartache netherworld damage stress suffering injury shock harm wound torture grief hardship devastation scar
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Antonyms

nostrum treatment healing pharmaceutical anodyne pharmaceutic
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Hypernyms

ill health psychological condition psychological state mental condition mental state health problem

Hyponyms

mouse break burn pull bleeding bite

Phrases with the word

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Anagrams

matura Murata Tamura

Examples

All children have to be deceived if they are to grow up without trauma. Kazuo Ishiguro

Comedy can be a cathartic way to deal with personal trauma. Robin Williams

They say that love is blind, but it's trauma that's blind. Love sees what is. Neil Strauss

If only the human body could handle trauma as well as biotechnology stocks do. Alex Berenson

Trauma is survivable, but often not much more. It kills you while allowing you to still live. James Frey

People get real comfortable with their features. Nobody gets comfortable with their hair. Hair trauma. It's the universal thing. Jamie Lee Curtis

Close letter words and terms

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