TRAUMATISING Synonyms

• causing distress or worry or anxiety

• bad; unfortunate

• causing distress or worry or anxiety

• provoking horror

• extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact

• extremely distressing

• provoking horror

• glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism

• giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation

• causing extreme terror

• inspiring fear

• causing an emotional disturbance

• disturb the composure of

• the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally

• the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat

• a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body

• (pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor

• an instance of agitation of the earth's crust

• an unpleasant or disappointing surprise

• a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field

• a bushy thick mass (especially hair)

• a sudden jarring impact

• a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses

• surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off

• strike with disgust or revulsion

• strike with horror or terror

• collide violently

• collect or gather into shocks

• subject to electrical shocks

• inflict a trauma upon

• inflict a trauma upon