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ordeal

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of ordeal

a test of faith, patience, or strength

the hikers were finally rescued after a three-day ordeal in the wilderness

Synonyms of ordeal

cross, crucible, fire, gauntlet (also gantlet), trial

Words Related to ordeal

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 ordeal

baptism of fire

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