Australian English Meaning of ordeal
ordeal
Other Australian English words related to ordeal
- cross
- fire
- Gauntlet
- trial
- challenge
- crucible
- gauntlet
- grief
- grievance
- hardship
- initiation
- Misfortune
- Tragedy
- trouble
- Acid test
- adversity
- affliction
- baptism
- baptism of fire
- Complication
- difficulty
- discomfort
- Inconvenience
- litmus test
- misadventure
- misfortune
- mishap
- nuisance
- deprivation
- Rigour
- tribulation
- vicissitudes
- woe
Nearest Words of ordeal
- ordeal bean => Ordeal bean
- ordeal tree => Ordeal tree
- order => order
- order acarina => Order Acarina
- order accipitriformes => Accipitriformes
- order actinaria => Sea anemone order
- order actiniaria => Order Actiniaria
- order actinomycetales => Order actinomycetales
- order actinomyxidia => Order actinomyxidia
- order aepyorniformes => Order: Aepyornithiformes
Definitions and Meaning of ordeal in English
ordeal (n)
a severe or trying experience
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
ordeal (n.)
An ancient form of test to determine guilt or innocence, by appealing to a supernatural decision, -- once common in Europe, and still practiced in the East and by savage tribes.
Any severe trial, or test; a painful experience.
ordeal (a.)
Of or pertaining to trial by ordeal.
FAQs About the word ordeal
ordeal
a severe or trying experience, a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests be
cross,fire,Gauntlet,trial,challenge,crucible,gauntlet,grief,grievance,hardship
No antonyms found.
ordalian => Ordalian, ordal => Ordeal, ordainment => ordination , ordaining => ordination, ordainer => ordainer,
