What is another word for ordeal?
378 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɔːdˈi͡əl], [ ɔːdˈiəl], [ ɔː_d_ˈiə_l]
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Similar words for ordeal:
- adversity (noun)
- affliction (noun)
- baptism of fire (noun)
- despair (noun)
- difficulty (noun)
- distress (noun)
- event (noun)
- hell (noun)
- living hell (noun)
- martyrdom (noun)
- misery (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- predicament (noun)
- rigor (noun)
- test (noun)
- trauma (noun)
- trial (noun)
- tribulation (noun)
- other relevant words (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Ordeal:
n.
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- easy,
- visitation.
- difficulty,
- bane,
- casualty,
- agony,
- tragedy,
- destitution,
- catastrophe,
- grief,
- rainy day,
- blight,
- misadventure,
- disaster,
- hard luck,
- dolor,
- trouble,
- bad luck,
- torment,
- calamity,
- woe,
- hardship,
- misfortune,
- mishap,
- peril,
- contretemps,
- infliction,
- adversity,
- poverty,
- poorness.
- dis eases,
- dis-ease,
- mis fortunes,
- dis-eases,
- mis fortune,
- mis-fortunes,
- dis ease,
- dis-orders,
- dis order,
- dis-order,
- dis orders,
- mis-fortune.
- baptism fire,
- rude introductions,
- test courage,
- hazings,
- trial by fires,
- baptism-fire,
- rite passage.
- formidability,
- trickiness,
- knottiness,
- complication,
- strenuousness,
- fussiness,
- contrariness,
- tightness,
- wearying,
- cantankerousness,
- roughness,
- wearisomeness,
- toughness,
- cumbersomeness,
- hardness,
- oppressiveness,
- harshness,
- onerousness,
- arduousness,
- complexity,
- ticklishness,
- stressfulness.
- head-ache,
- dis-comfort,
- dis-quietudes,
- dis tresses,
- dis comfort,
- de-solation,
- worriments,
- dis quietude,
- dis-tress,
- un happiness,
- dis-tresses,
- dis-appointment,
- un-happinesses,
- dis quietudes,
- de solations,
- de solation,
- un happinesses,
- de-solations,
- dis tress,
- dis appointment,
- dis-comforts,
- unconsolabilities,
- dis comforts,
- dis-appointments,
- un-happiness,
- dis appointments,
- dis-quietude.
- everlasting fire,
- hell-fire,
- infernal regions,
- place of torment,
- hell fire,
- lower world,
- underworld,
- infernal region.
- martyrdom,
- calvary,
- trauma,
- COMPS,
- cross to bear,
- distress,
- disheartenment,
- trial run,
- succubus,
- Hydrae,
- substantiation,
- hopelessness,
- trying time,
- obduracy,
- penury,
- forlornness,
- worriment,
- COMP,
- hard time,
- preciseness,
- unconsolability,
- trial by fire,
- infirmity,
- test,
- baptism of fire,
- punctiliousness,
- dashed hope,
- traditionalism,
- test of courage,
- experience,
- misfortunes,
- hard knock,
- conventionalisms,
- Succubi,
- meticulousness,
- conventionalism,
- rigor,
- orals,
- headache,
- despair,
- disheartenments,
- curse,
- pop quiz,
- misery,
- finals,
- nightmare,
- suffering,
- Hell,
- tribulation,
- severity,
- affliction,
- hydra,
- hard times,
- Inclemencies,
- Hazing,
- rude introduction,
- severe test,
- dashed hopes,
- inclemency,
- probings,
- head ache,
- tortures of the damned,
- blue book,
- Hydras,
- sordidness,
- trial.
- jam,
- predicament,
- perplexity,
- dilemma,
- pickle,
- problem,
- quandary,
- plight,
- fix.
- in flexibility,
- in tolerance,
- in-flexibilities,
- in-clemencies,
- in flexibilities,
- in tolerances,
- in-clemency,
- in-tolerance,
- traditionalisms,
- in clemencies,
- in clemency,
- in-flexibility,
- in-tolerances.
v.
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- mire,
- mess,
- pressure-cooker,
- poetic justice,
- entanglement,
- impasse,
- no-win situation,
- victimhood,
- treadmill,
- travail,
- whammy,
- imbroglio,
- double whammy,
- toils,
- perfect storm,
- probation,
- slippery slope,
- the hot seat,
- information overload,
- stalemate,
- living hell,
- juggling act,
- quagmire,
- fate,
- double bind,
- purgatory,
- logjam,
- rat race,
- deadlock,
- the school of hard knocks,
- overcrowding,
- bitter pill.
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- discomfort,
- whirlpool,
- carnage,
- crucible,
- palaver,
- imposition,
- gridlock,
- horror story,
- cul de sac,
- the doldrums,
- jungle,
- dead-end,
- bad hair day,
- tangle.
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- black hole,
- spiral.
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- knock.
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- corner.
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- low.
- dole,
- anxiety,
- blow,
- ill luck,
- determination,
- disquiet,
- nuisance,
- trial by ordeal,
- cross,
- incident,
- feeling out,
- magic circle,
- trials and tribulations,
- litmus paper,
- hassle,
- plague,
- care,
- adventure,
- episode,
- criterion,
- tribulations,
- fret,
- ghost dance,
- standard,
- prediction,
- cark,
- proof,
- acid test,
- pestilence,
- touchstone,
- circumstance,
- sabbat,
- reagent,
- pix,
- brouillon,
- rough draft,
- punishment,
- troubles,
- torture,
- irritant,
- scourge,
- solicitude,
- inconvenience,
- crucial test,
- blank determination,
- shock,
- try,
- rough sketch,
- Sortilege,
- bad fortune,
- irritation,
- happening,
- deception,
- essay,
- cataclysm,
- sounding out,
- first draft,
- ring,
- event,
- discomposure,
- test case,
- gauntlet,
- affair,
- encounter,
- onus,
- divination,
- Kiteflying,
- appeal to arms,
- load,
- Turmeric paper,
- wretchedness,
- pain,
- worry,
- assay,
- check,
- occurrence,
- dolour,
- examination,
- ordeals,
- tryout,
- pain in thearse,
- anguish,
- annoyance,
- bind,
- bother,
- verification,
- bitterness,
- hocus-pocus,
- chaos.
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