emotional devastation

Frequency: 6.27.4 per million words

Describes a state of severe emotional distress or trauma.

devastationADJECTIVE + devastation

Categories:

emotional

Examples (10)

  • The news of her betrayal caused him unimaginable emotional devastation.
  • Survivors of the tragedy are still dealing with the emotional devastation.
  • The therapist helped her work through the emotional devastation of her divorce.
  • The emotional devastation of losing his job lingered for years.
  • In his memoir, he writes about the emotional devastation that followed his public humiliation.
  • Nothing could have prepared them for the emotional devastation of seeing their home destroyed.
  • You risk causing severe emotional devastation to your loved ones.
  • We must acknowledge the profound emotional devastation felt by the victims' families.
  • Support groups help people cope with the emotional devastation after a major loss.
  • After the breakup, I was left in a state of complete emotional devastation.