traumatize Definition

traumatize
traumatise
verb traumatized, traumatizing

1. To wound physically or emotionally.

Example: traumatized by events in his childhood
2. loosely
To distress, upset or stun.
Example: traumatized by the heat

Derivative: traumatization
noun

Derivative: traumatized
adj

Derivative: traumatizing
adj, noun

Etymology: Early 20c.