Synonyms for ordeal
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Noun
1. Trial — A painful or trying experience
trial, torment, travail, tribulation, calvary formal
Other
trial by ordeal, test, probation, crucible, proof, touchstone, bind, assay
Definitions
- n. 1
A painful or trying experience.
Related words
- Phrases
- ordeal tree trial by ordeal
Forms
- Plural
- ordeals → trials, torments, travails, tribulations…
Example sentences
- trial Some believed Nixon should have been put on trial.
- travail They finally succeeded after many months of travail.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| ordeal | rising | |
| trial | falling | |
| tribulation | rising | |
| travail | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- test1, bind1
- 5 letters
- trial2, proof1, assay2
- 7 letters
- torment2, calvary3, travail2
- 8 letters
- crucible3
- 9 letters
- probation3
- 10 letters
- touchstone2
- 11 letters
- tribulation4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (trial2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- épreuve