ordeals (Meaning)
ordeals
a severe test or experience, a severe trial or experience, a method of deciding guilt or innocence by making the accused person take dangerous or painful tests, a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control
Synonyms & Antonyms of ordeals
ordeals Sentence Examples
- The refugees endured numerous ordeals during their perilous journey.
- The mountaineer faced grueling ordeals on her treacherous ascent of the peak.
- The artist suffered through creative ordeals in pursuit of her masterpiece.
- The scientist overcame significant ordeals in the lab before achieving a breakthrough.
- The patient bravely faced the ordeals of surgery and recovery.
- The entrepreneur weathered financial and personal ordeals in building his business.
- The young soldier encountered harrowing ordeals on the battlefield.
- The historian meticulously documented the ordeals of the past.
- The therapist helped clients process the ordeals they had experienced.
- The community came together to support individuals who had undergone difficult ordeals.
FAQs About the word ordeals
a severe test or experience, a severe trial or experience, a method of deciding guilt or innocence by making the accused person take dangerous or painful tests,
fires, gauntlets, trials, troubles, tragedies, misfortunes, privations, grievances, tribulations, gantlets
No antonyms found.
The refugees endured numerous ordeals during their perilous journey.
The mountaineer faced grueling ordeals on her treacherous ascent of the peak.
The artist suffered through creative ordeals in pursuit of her masterpiece.
The scientist overcame significant ordeals in the lab before achieving a breakthrough.
