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- Dictionaryordeal/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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ORDEAL definition: 1. a very unpleasant and painful or difficult experience: 2. in the past, a way of trying to find…. Learn more.
The meaning of ORDEAL is a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control. How to use ordeal in a sentence.
noun. any extremely severe or trying test, experience, or trial. a primitive form of trial to determine guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to fire, poison, or other serious danger, the result being regarded as a divine or preternatural judgment. ordeal. / ɔːˈdiːl /.
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.
If you describe an experience or situation as an ordeal, you think it is difficult and unpleasant. ...the painful ordeal of the last eight months. She described her agonising ordeal. Synonyms: hardship, trial, difficulty, test More Synonyms of ordeal. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
1. any extremely severe or trying test, experience, or trial. 2. a former method of trial used to determine guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to serious physical danger, the result being regarded as a divine judgment.
ordeal. noun. /ɔːˈdiːl/, /ˈɔːdiːl/. /ɔːrˈdiːl/. [usually singular] a difficult or unpleasant experience. They had survived a terrifying ordeal. The interview was less of an ordeal than she'd expected. The hostages spoke openly about the terrible ordeal they had been through.
ORDEAL meaning: 1. a very unpleasant and painful or difficult experience: 2. in the past, a way of trying to find…. Learn more.
Ordeal definition: A difficult or painful experience, especially one that severely tests character or endurance.
noun [ C ] uk / ɔːˈdiːl / us. Add to word list. a very unpleasant experience: a terrible ordeal. They feared he would not survive the ordeal. She went through the ordeal of being interviewed by a panel of ten people. (Definition of ordeal from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of ordeal.
