CALVARIES Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

calvaries

noun

plural of calvary

as in tribulations

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Noun

This restores a portion of their old fortune to Magdalen as well (from her deceased husband Noel), ending the Vanstones’ tribulations for good.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
In great detail and with candid memories, the book narrates the trials, tribulations, and tragedies from the band’s formation in 1984 through the current day, including emotional and personal reflections on the life and death of one of its own superheroes, Chris Cornell.

— Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 9 June 2026

Definition of tribulations

Noun

In February, the FDA initially declined Moderna’s request for review of the new flu vaccine, citing inadequate trials despite previous conflicting feedback within the agency.

— Elise Haulund, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
Based upon their replies, occupying Allied officials ranked their culpability, then tried the worst offenders — most famously in the Nuremberg trials, but also in numerous local tribunals.

— Fern Schumer Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of trials

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Disturbing jailhouse conversations don’t connect mother to murders Allegations of drug abuse and child neglect against Marcee Gray were already well established by the time her son Colt entered guilty pleas on 55 counts.

— Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
Bryan Kohberger took the motive for the Idaho murders to his prison cell.

— Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of murders

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Directed by Sébastien Vanicek (2023’s Infested), the follow-up to 2023 reboot Evil Dead Rise stars Wednesday‘s Hunter Doohan in a story about curses lingering too long in a family and the undead that haunts them.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 7 July 2026
Morgan and her Judgment Day cronies tried to bribe Danhausen to put curses on their opponents.

— Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2026

Definition of curses

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Most notably, the release of Twain’s 2011 memoir From This Moment On opened the floodgates on the Twain family’s house of horrors.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 31 July 2026
As fresh waves of troops continue to be exposed to the horrors of war, Odysseus’ trauma also continues to hit home.

— Amy S. Badura-Brack, The Conversation, 30 July 2026

Definition of horrors

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Tykes get slapped around, shot with arrows and dangled in traffic — tortures that are played seriously, but the shock of them allows you to guffaw.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
But such judgments often come from a place of distance—from people who have never lived under a theocracy that imprisons, tortures, and kills with impunity.

— Nazanin Boniadi, Time, 11 Mar. 2026

Definition of tortures

Noun

Cyclospora, an intestinal parasite, has sickened thousands of people and hospitalized hundreds with explosive diarrhea, painful cramping, or other gastrointestinal miseries.

— Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 3 Aug. 2026
The sad thing is that the miseries return, but there is no other Garrincha available.

— Jack Lang, New York Times, 28 May 2026

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