ordeal
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4.8
- noun
- /ɔrˈdil/
:
calvario
- But this was just the beginning of his ordeal.
- survive the ordeal
- a terrible ordeal
- the whole ordeal
As for Garcia, he says the entire ordeal has put his family's life on hold.
- As for Garcia, he says the entire ordeal has put his family's life on hold.
- And to get into the United Center was a big ordeal.
- When you when you left though, after that whole very traumatic ordeal, like now you're out in the real world.
- It took us a probably, you know, it was about a day and a half ordeal until we could get to our gifts.
- The the story of of the beginning of this ordeal of making the film all the way to seeing it out in the public.
- But that was Draco Malfoy and the mortifying ordeal of being in love.
- And it was quite an ordeal to to build it, but it runs.
- And it's not like a big ordeal, you know, like we're what you do.
- We're not getting caught up in in a lot of life's mundane ordeals because we're focused.
- I couldn't just end it through some messy, sloppy sort of ordeal that that wasn't me.
- So in July we went and, and it was quite an ordeal, you know, testing all the time.
- She said you've got to have, you've been through pure nothing but ordeals.
- The one thing that makes life a painful ordeal?
Examples
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The strain and frustrations of his ordeal were released in a speech full of passion and fury.
Academic text (1997) -
Do you realize how many men could survive such an ordeal?
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And it was quite an ordeal to to build it, but it runs.
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So in July we went and, and it was quite an ordeal, you know, testing all the time.
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At least his children were facing the ordeal together, not fighting with each other.
Fiction book (1995) -
But Marie has learned one important lesson from her ordeal: "I made a mistake."
Academic text (2000) -
During the first several years of this ordeal, all the colleges and universities were closed.
Academic text (1991) -
I've just been through a terrible ordeal.
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These men are preparing themselves for the ordeal of capsule life.
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Many survivors describe their experience during the storm as a long and harrowing ordeal.
Synonyms
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3.7
A very painful or difficult experience
304
4.8
A very upsetting experience that hurts your feelings and mind
135
3.9
A very strong physical or mental pain
1
3.9
A difficult time that is hard to get through
1
5.5
A very stressful event that makes you feel worried
A long time when someone suffers a lot
Antonyms
Compounds
- UK
A dark brown seed from a West African vine that is very poisonous and used in medicine and guilt trials
- South African
An evergreen tree from South Africa used in traditional tests to decide guilt or innocence
- Literature
A way to decide if someone is guilty by making them do dangerous tests and seeing if they survive
How Difficult
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ordeal first named a painful legal 'trial' by fire or water, and because those tests were so hard and frightening, ordeal now means any very difficult or unpleasant experience.