Synonyms for ordeal
ɔrˈdil, -ˈdi əl, ˈɔr dilor·deal

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1. ordeal

   Synonyms:
   test, trial, probation, experiment

   Antonyms:
   argument, plea, discussion, investigation, evidence

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1. ordealnoun

   a severe or trying experience

   Synonyms:
   trial by ordeal

2. ordeal, trial by ordealnoun

   a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence

   Synonyms:
   trial by ordeal

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1. ordealnoun

   Synonyms:
   trial, test, touchstone, proof, assay, experiment

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1. ordealnoun

   Synonyms:
   crucible

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1. List of paraphrases for "ordeal":

   plight, test, calvary, adversity, torment

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1. Mary Travis:

   Amazing Grace. going through this ordeal with his health, stroke and flatlining and making it back, when there was every opportunity in the world for God to take him home ... we've truly lived the life of amazing grace.

2. Yuriko Koike:

   The fight against an invisible enemy, the coronavirus, is behind the one-year postponement( of the Tokyo Olympics to 2021), and it has been a major ordeal for humanity, i would like us to overcome the fight against the coronavirus and make the Games a memorable event.Some local organisers complain that information from Tokyo has come slowly, and that they learn about key developments from the media. Others, like Mie Watanabe, readying the road race course in Oyama, a city 90 kilometres( 56 miles) southwest of Tokyo, worry months of their work could go to waste.

3. Professor Thomas:

   In Samoa, men have elaborate tattoos inked on their thighs, buttocks and lower chest, it is a painful ordeal that requires a man to submit to the authority of the elders. When he emerges, he is celebrated as a hero.

4. Raymond Silverman:

   While it has been a long ordeal for the Seeman family, they remain resolute in seeing Ms. Locane and any other responsible parties brought to justice.

5. Winston Churchill:

   I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.