ordeal
51ORDEAL — a test by fire, water, poison, wager of battle, or the like, of the innocence or guilt of persons in appeal thereby to the judgment of God in default of other evidence, on the superstitious belief that by means of it God would interfere to… …
52ordeal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. trial, strain, cross, tribulation, test. See adversity, experiment. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. tribulation, distress, calamity; see difficulty 1 , 2 , trial 3 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. trial,… …
53ordeal — or·deal || É”r dɪËl /É”Ë d n. trial; trying experience, hardship …
54ordeal — loader …
55ordeal — noun 1》 a prolonged painful or horrific experience. 2》 an ancient test of guilt or innocence by subjection of the accused to severe pain, survival of which was taken as divine proof of innocence. Origin OE ordāl, ordēl, of Gmc origin, from a base …
56ordeal — n. Trial, test, touchstone, proof, assay, experiment, scrutiny, probation …
57ordeal — n trial, test, trying experience, tribulation, trouble, affliction; hardship, suffering, deprivation, privation, infliction, oppression, persecution; pain, agony, torture, hell; distress, anguish, misery, grief, woe, sorrow, sadness; adversity,… …
58ordeal — or·deal …
59ordeal — noun Syn: unpleasant experience, trial, hardship, suffering, nightmare, trauma, hell, torture, torment, agony …
60ordeal — or•deal [[t]ɔrˈdil, ˈdi əl, ˈɔr dil[/t]] n. 1) any extremely severe or trying test, experience, or trial 2) a former method of trial used to determine guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to serious physical danger, the result… …
