gauntlet

gauntlet

noun

Definition of GAUNTLET

a test of faith, patience, or strength <before being adopted, school textbooks must often run the gauntlet of several local and state committees>

Synonyms cross, crucible, fire, gauntlet (also gantlet), ordeal

Related Words baptism, initiation; adversity, affliction, asperity, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, privation, tragedy, tribulation, trouble, vicissitude, woe; acid test, litmus test; challenge, complication, difficulty, grief, grievance, hardship, rigor; annoyance, discomfort, inconvenience, nuisance

Variants of GAUNTLET

gauntlet also gantlet