Ordeal

Noun

 * 1) a painful or trying experience
 * 2) a trial in which the accused was subjected to a dangerous test (such as ducking in water), divine authority deciding the guilt of the accused
 * 1) a trial in which the accused was subjected to a dangerous test (such as ducking in water), divine authority deciding the guilt of the accused

Adjectives for Ordeal
painful; dreadful;  crucial;  tremendous; numbing; perilous; premature; coming; fiery.

Verbs for Ordeal
bear—; doom to—; endure—; flinch from —; fortify for—; resign to—; submit to—; suffer—; tolerate—; undergo—; wince at—; —agitates; —chastens; —ensues; —proves; —shatters ; —sobers ; —tests; —verifies.

Thesaurus
Sabbat, acid test, adversity, affliction, anguish, assay, blank determination, brouillon, calvary, criterion, cross, crucial test, crucible, determination, disaster, distress, docimasy, essay, feeling out, fiery ordeal, first draft, ghost dance, grief, hardship, kiteflying, magic circle, misery, misfortune, nightmare, ordeal by battle, probation, proof, rough draft, rough sketch, sounding out, standard, suffering, test, test case, touchstone, tragedy, trial, trials and tribulations, tribulation, tribulations, troubles, try, verification, visitation

Etymology
ordal:

Translations

 * Dutch: kwelling
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:, δεινοπάθημα


 * Macedonian: премреже
 * Norwegian: prøvelse, slit
 * Portuguese:
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 * German:


 * Macedonian: божји суд

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