Startling
Traumatic
Traumatic adjective - Psychologically painful;"few experiences are more traumatic than losing a child";.
Startling and traumatic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Startling" instead an adjective "Traumatic".
Nearby Words: trauma, traumatize
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- disturbing and startling
- disturbing and traumatic
- terrible and startling
- terrible and traumatic
- dreadful and startling
- dreadful and traumatic
- frightful and startling
- frightful and traumatic
- shocking and startling
- shocking and traumatic
- distressing and startling
- distressing and traumatic
- upsetting and startling
- upsetting and traumatic
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Traumatic and Startling. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/startling/traumatic
Startling & Traumatic. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/startling/traumatic>.
Traumatic or Startling. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/startling/traumatic.
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