Antonyms for ordeal
ɔrˈdil, -ˈdi əl, ˈɔr dilor·deal

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1. ordeal

   Antonyms:
   argument, plea, discussion, investigation, evidence

   Synonyms:
   test, trial, probation, experiment

Matched Categories

1. • Experience
   • Trial

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1. ordealnoun

   a severe or trying experience

   Synonyms:
   trial by ordeal

2. ordeal, trial by ordealnoun

   a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence

   Synonyms:
   trial by ordeal

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1. ordealnoun

   Synonyms:
   crucible

How to use ordeal in a sentence?

1. Claude Dauphin:

   We went to the Ivory Coast on a mission to help the people of Abidjan, and to find ourselves arrested and in jail as a result has been a terrible ordeal for ourselves and our families.

2. Diane Foley:

   There really wasn't anyone in the government who was accountable. They may have cared in many ways, but Jim was at the bottom of a very long list of other tasks for most of the people we met, it really was a very isolating, upsetting, excruciating ordeal.

3. Eric Greitens:

   This ordeal has been designed to cause an incredible amount of strain on my family, millions of dollars of mounting legal bills, endless personal attacks designed to cause maximum damage to family and friends. Legal harassment of colleagues, friends and campaign workers and it's clear that for the forces that oppose us, there is no end in sight. I can not allow those forces to continue to cause pain and difficulty to the people that I love.

4. Mark Twain:

   I am prepared to meet anyone, but whether anyone is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.

5. The Club:

   Paris Saint-Germain condemns in the strongest possible terms the violence committed, the Club continues to support The Club players to allow them to overcome this ordeal as soon as possible.

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