Ordeal synonyms

ôr-dēl'

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trial (related)
An instance of such testing, especially as part of a series of tests or experiments:
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distress
The condition of being in need of immediate assistance:
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suffering
Suffering is being or remaining in pain or misery.
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crucible
A very difficult and trying experience, that acts as a refining or hardening process.
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calamity
Deep trouble or misery
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difficulty (related)
Something that is difficult, as a hard problem or an obstacle or objection
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tribulation
An experience that tests one's endurance, patience, or faith.
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experience
The knowledge or skill so derived.
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grief
(--- Informal) Criticism or rude talk:
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happiness (antonym)
(Archaic) Good luck; good fortune; prosperity.
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nightmare
The definition of a nightmare is a bad dream, or an experience that is like a bad dream.
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humiliation (related)
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test
(Cricket) (sometimes test) a Test match
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incarceration (related)
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misfortune (related)
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tragedy
A play, film, television program, or other narrative work that portrays or depicts calamitous events and has an unhappy but meaningful ending.
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trouble
Effort, especially when inconvenient or bothersome:
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easy (related)
A state of pain or anguish that tests one's resiliency and character
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misadventure (related)
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visitation
An official visit for the purpose of inspection or examination, as of a bishop to a diocese.
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trial-by-ordeal
(Law): Archaic practice by which a person accused of a crime could prove his innocence by his survival of physically painful tests.
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sabbat
Any of several holidays, usually four or eight in number, in Wicca and related Neopagan religious traditions.
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pleasure (antonym)
A source of enjoyment or delight:
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Ordeal Sentence Examples

  • This must have been quite an ordeal for her.

  • She had done nothing but cry, complain and faint since this ordeal had begun.

  • There was also a considerable amount of new legislatiofl with the object of protecting the minor subjects of the crown, and the system of trial by jurors was advanced to the detriment of the absurd old practices of trial by ordeal and trial by wager of battle.

  • The eight-hour ordeal to get there was worth the ten-minute conversation.

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