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traumatic

Best crossword clue

"Deeply distressing"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /tɹɔːˈmætɪk/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aacimrttuStarts with TEnds with C1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Causing severe emotional shock or distress.

Word origin

From the Latin traumaticus, from the Ancient Greek τραυματικός (traumatikós), from τραῦμα (traûma). By surface analysis, trauma + -tic.

Used in a sentence

  • "I've seen more patients, but never this many patients with this number of severe injuries," said Dr. Michael Morkin, chief of Renown's emergency department[…]. "It was traumatic."
  • traumatick Decoctions
  • traumatic tetanus; traumatic brain injury

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