French word

traumatisant

Pronunciation

IPA/tʁomatizɑ̃/

Meaning

  • adjectivetraumatic

Example

Le reportage était traumatisant pour moi.

The report was traumatic for me.

Illustration for traumatisant (traumatic)

More examples

Son témoignage était traumatisant et difficile à entendre.

His testimony was traumatizing and difficult to hear.

Core concept

A shock whose emotional effects continue after the event ends.

Common phrases

  • témoignage traumatisant

    traumatizing testimony

  • événement traumatisant

    traumatizing event

Similar words

choquant: Causing strong surprise or offense that is difficult to forget.
perturbant: Unsettling the mind and provoking worry or confusion.
bouleversant: Powerfully affecting the emotions with deep sorrow or intense feeling.
angoissant: Inducing sustained fear, anxiety, or a constricted feeling in the chest.

Definition in French

Qui provoque une blessure psychique, c'est-à-dire un choc laissant des séquelles dans la vie d'une personne.

Word origin

French built traumatisant from traumatiser by using its present participle as an adjective; traumatiser belongs to the family of traumatisme, from Greek trauma, 'wound'.

Usage tips

  • Traumatisant normally describes a cause such as an event or report, while traumatisé describes a person affected by it.

Other meanings

  • shockingadjective

Opposites

  • banalcommonplaceadjective
  • réconfortantreassuringadjective

Related words

  • traumatisertraumatizeverb
  • traumatismepsychological traumanoun
  • traumatisétraumatizedadjective

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