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Ordeal

ɔːˈdiːl

Ordeal definitions

noun

Inflections:

ordeal ordeals

a very unpleasant and prolonged experience

"the ordeal of having to give evidence"

Synonyms:
painful/unpleasant experience trial tribulation test nightmare trauma baptism of fire hell hell on earth misery trouble difficulty torture torment agony
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

"ordeals conducted in the twelfth century"