trauma
[noun]
Synonyms: suffering, agony, anguish, hurt, ordeal, pain, shock, torture

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Related Words: blow, stress, traumatization, derangement, disturbance, upset, collapse

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

trau‧ma /ˈtrɔːmə, ˈtraʊmə $ ˈtraʊmə, ˈtrɒː-/ noun
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Greek; Origin: 'wound']

1. [countable] an unpleasant and upsetting experience that affects you for a long time:
traumas such as death or divorce

2. [uncountable] a mental state of extreme shock caused by a very frightening or unpleasant experience
trauma of
the trauma of being a young refugee
the emotional trauma of rape

3. [uncountable and countable] technical an injury:
the hospital’s trauma unit

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

trauma
noun
ADJ. major, severe | emotional, physical, psychological | childhood The phobia may have its root in a childhood trauma.
VERB + TRAUMA go through, suffer | get over, recover from

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