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    ordeal
    /ɔːˈdiːl/

    noun

    • 1. a very unpleasant and prolonged experience: "the ordeal of having to give evidence"
    • 2. an ancient test of guilt or innocence by subjection of the accused to severe pain, survival of which was taken as divine proof of innocence: historical "ordeals conducted in the twelfth century"

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    Find 23 different ways to say ORDEAL, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus.com.

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    Synonyms for ORDEAL: fire, gauntlet, trial, cross, crucible, hardship, challenge, gantlet, grievance, misfortune.

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    Synonyms and antonyms of ordeal in English. ordeal. noun. These are words and phrases related to ordeal. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of ordeal. Being lost in the wilderness for a week was an ordeal for the campers. The nation is just recovering from the ordeal of war. Synonyms. nightmare. trial.

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    Synonyms for Ordeal (other words and phrases for Ordeal).

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    Synonyms for ORDEAL in English: hardship, trial, difficulty, test, labour, suffering, trouble (s), nightmare, burden, torture, ….

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    (Noun) Synonyms: tribulation. trial. crucible. distress. experience. grief. trial-by-ordeal. nightmare. tragedy. suffering. test. calamity. sabbat. trouble. Antonyms: happiness. pleasure. A difficult or painful experience, especially one that severely tests character or endurance.

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    Synonyms: trial, test, nightmare, tribulation, hardship, difficulty, bother, gauntlet, crucible, experience. Is something important missing? Report an error or suggest an improvement. Recent forum discussions about thesaurus entries: anything to push this ordeal from his thoughts - English Only forum. is an ordeal - English Only forum.

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    An ordeal is something difficult or painful to go through. Something kind of hard like taking a test can be an ordeal, but often an ordeal is a serious and long-lasting event, like an illness or tragedy.