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gauntlet

noun

variants: also gantlet

Synonyms and Antonyms 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 of gauntlet

cross, crucible, fire, ordeal, trial

Words Related to gauntlet

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

Phrases Synonymous with gauntlet

baptism of fire

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