TRAUMATIC Synonyms

• frightening because of an awareness of danger

• making light of

• wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction

• physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination

• fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless

• causing fear or dread or terror

• causing distress or worry or anxiety

• causing distress or worry or anxiety

• bad; unfortunate

• causing distress or worry or anxiety

• lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted

• experiencing or showing fear

• causing fear or dread or terror

• extremely distressing

• timid by nature or revealing timidity

• death of a person

• a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)

• a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation

• dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises

• causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

• of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought

• shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it

• carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface

• extremely painful

• provoking horror

• possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree

• extremely sharp or severe

• (of color) having the highest saturation

• so strong as to be irresistible

• very strong; urgently felt

• causing physical or psychological pain

• causing misery or pain or distress

• exceptionally bad or displeasing

• causing physical discomfort

• concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities

• completely lacking in playfulness

• of great consequence

• causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

• appealing to the mind

• requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve

• glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism

• giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation

• causing extreme terror

• causing an emotional disturbance

• disturb the composure of