Definition for Ordeal:

• Ancient form of trial by appealing to the judgment of God; any severe trial.

Synonyms for Ordeal:

• n.

  •
  • crisis,
  • nightmare.
  •
  • crucible,
  • visitation.
  •adversity (noun)
  • contretemps,
  • hard luck,
  • torment,
  • misery,
  • tragedy,
  • infliction,
  • bad luck,
  • catastrophe,
  • destitution,
  • difficulty,
  • peril,
  • distress,
  • tribulation,
  • burden,
  • dolor,
  • trouble,
  • mishap,
  • agony,
  • disaster,
  • poorness,
  • grief,
  • rainy day,
  • hard times,
  • affliction,
  • misadventure,
  • casualty,
  • misfortune,
  • poverty,
  • trial,
  • bane,
  • calamity,
  • hardship,
  • adversity,
  • curse,
  • woe,
  • blight.
  •difficulty (noun)
  • fussiness,
  • roughness,
  • tightness,
  • formidability,
  • oppressiveness,
  • strenuousness,
  • stressfulness,
  • cumbersomeness,
  • arduousness,
  • complexity,
  • severity,
  • ticklishness,
  • hardness,
  • cantankerousness,
  • trickiness,
  • wearisomeness,
  • contrariness,
  • harshness,
  • onerousness,
  • complication,
  • wearying,
  • knottiness,
  • toughness.
  •hell (noun)
  • living hell.
  •predicament (noun)
  • jam,
  • predicament,
  • perplexity,
  • dilemma,
  • pickle,
  • problem,
  • quandary,
  • plight,
  • fix.
  •trouble, suffering (noun)
  • calvary,
  • anguish,
  • affliction,
  • visitation,
  • distress,
  • calamity,
  • trial,
  • torture,
  • cross,
  • torment,
  • crucible,
  • tribulation,
  • agony,
  • test,
  • difficulty,
  • nightmare.
  •visitation (noun)
  • visitation.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • impasse,
  • deadlock,
  • suffering,
  • travail,
  • living hell,
  • probation,
  • logjam,
  • mess,
  • entanglement,
  • overcrowding,
  • fate.
  •
  • crisis,
  • jungle,
  • nightmare,
  • discomfort,
  • palaver,
  • crucible,
  • gridlock.
  •
  • spiral.
  •
  • night,
  • visitation.
  •
  • crunch.
  •
  • knock,
  • test.
  •
  • corner.
  •
  • low.
  •shock
  • trauma.
  •torment
  • martyrdom.
  •Other relevant words:
  • dolour,
  • crucial test,
  • prediction,
  • living hell,
  • irritation,
  • essay,
  • fret,
  • adventure,
  • pain,
  • ghost dance,
  • cross,
  • test,
  • solicitude,
  • martyrdom,
  • logjam,
  • irritant,
  • pestilence,
  • troubles,
  • standard,
  • event,
  • scourge,
  • blow,
  • palaver,
  • load,
  • worry,
  • check,
  • divination,
  • anguish,
  • bind,
  • experience,
  • cataclysm,
  • pix,
  • circumstance,
  • plague,
  • visitation,
  • nuisance,
  • baptism of fire,
  • tryout,
  • dole,
  • travail,
  • magic circle,
  • spiral,
  • corner,
  • hassle,
  • ring,
  • episode,
  • wretchedness,
  • sabbat,
  • proof,
  • discomfort,
  • crucible,
  • care,
  • low,
  • crunch,
  • jungle,
  • encounter,
  • fate,
  • rough draft,
  • deadlock,
  • disquiet,
  • probation,
  • acid test,
  • feeling out,
  • sounding out,
  • entanglement,
  • criterion,
  • ordeals,
  • mess,
  • crisis,
  • first draft,
  • determination,
  • gridlock,
  • examination,
  • occurrence,
  • bad fortune,
  • impasse,
  • affair,
  • trauma,
  • deception,
  • touchstone,
  • calvary,
  • tribulations,
  • Turmeric paper,
  • trial by ordeal,
  • verification,
  • rough sketch,
  • severe test,
  • litmus paper,
  • assay,
  • Hell,
  • nightmare,
  • bitterness,
  • annoyance,
  • test case,
  • chaos,
  • suffering,
  • despair,
  • shock,
  • knock,
  • gauntlet,
  • headache,
  • try,
  • Kiteflying,
  • reagent,
  • bother,
  • inconvenience,
  • anxiety,
  • torture,
  • rigor,
  • happening,
  • trials and tribulations,
  • hocus-pocus,
  • ill luck,
  • onus,
  • cark,
  • overcrowding,
  • discomposure,
  • night,
  • punishment,
  • Sortilege,
  • incident.

Antonyms for Ordeal:

• n.

  • trouble, suffering
    comfort, joy, peace, happiness, pleasure, contentment, health.

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    bliss, delight, elation, enjoyment, gladness, gratification.