traumatic

1. 1.

   of or relating to a physical injury or wound to the body
2. 2.

   psychologically painful

   “few experiences are more traumatic than losing a child”

   Similarpainful

Questions about traumatic

What does traumatic mean?

traumatic means "of or relating to a physical injury or wound to the body". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in traumatic?

traumatic has 3 syllables: trau-mat-ic. The stress falls on "mat". In IPA it is /tɹɔˈmætɪk/.

Is traumatic a common word?

traumatic is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with traumatic?