What is another word for purgatory?
193 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ pˈɜːɡətəɹˌi], [ pˈɜːɡətəɹˌi], [ p_ˈɜː_ɡ_ə_t_ə_ɹ_ˌi]Table of Contents
Similar words for purgatory:Synonyms for Purgatory:
n.
•catholicism (noun) •grief (noun)- misery,
- lamenting,
- despondency,
- affliction,
- tribulation,
- mortification,
- vexation,
- agony,
- desolation,
- gloom,
- torture,
- melancholy,
- Bemoaning,
- worry,
- regret,
- mourning,
- sadness,
- anguish,
- Deploring,
- trial,
- remorse,
- discomfort,
- distress,
- disquiet,
- care,
- grievance,
- despair,
- depression,
- dolor,
- heartbreak,
- harassment,
- bereavement,
- unhappiness,
- pain,
- wretchedness,
- Bewailing,
- sorrow,
- heartache,
- malaise,
- mournfulness,
- repining,
- woe,
- dole,
- dejection.
- horror,
- holocaust,
- hell-fire,
- oven,
- styx,
- bedlam,
- gehenna,
- abyss,
- difficulty,
- torment,
- blazes,
- grave,
- inferno,
- mire,
- pandemonium,
- limbo,
- hades,
- furnace,
- morass.
- mulct,
- discipline,
- slave labor,
- LUMPS,
- beating,
- gallows,
- forfeiture,
- chastening,
- disciplinary action,
- reparation,
- punitive measure,
- victimization,
- punitive measures,
- confiscation,
- just desserts,
- forfeit,
- ostracism,
- proof,
- amercement,
- rough treatment,
- what for,
- castigation,
- retribution,
- comeuppance,
- sanction,
- deprivation,
- correction,
- sequestration,
- chastisement,
- hard work,
- abuse,
- infliction,
- short shrift,
- maltreatment,
- rod.
Other synonyms:
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- death.
- pinfold,
- imaginary place,
- purgatorial,
- obliviousness,
- purifier,
- oblivion,
- abysm,
- state of affairs,
- purificatory,
- pound,
- cleansing,
- place of torment,
- marsh,
- fasting,
- pang,
- lower world,
- Lustration,
- penitence,
- laceration,
- flagellation,
- Abaddon,
- punishment,
- pit,
- Lancination,
- enclosure,
- swamp,
- pen,
- Cruciation,
- shrift,
- bog,
- captivity,
- purgation,
- everlasting fire,
- rack,
- slough,
- coop,
- crucifixion,
- expiatory,
- propitiatory,
- sump,
- suffering,
- perdition,
- Clawing,
- passion,
- purgative,
- nether world,
- cathartic,
- Penfold,
- cold purgatorial fires,
- repentance,
- afterlife,
- cage,
- sackcloth and ashes,
- place of confinement,
- infernal regions,
- fen,
- maceration,
- situation,
- bottomless pit,
- martyrdom,
- asceticism,
- underworld,
- living hell,
- Quag,
- hardship,
- avichi.
Hyponym for Purgatory:
n.
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cognition
mythical place, fictitious place, imaginary place.
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state
situation.
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cognition