Synonyms for Ordeal:
n.
nightmare, battle, worst-case scenario, stress, quagmire, crisis. crucible, easy, visitation. •adversity (noun)disaster, peril, catastrophe, burden, infliction, misfortune, calamity, tribulation, mishap, tragedy, woe, hardship, hard times, dolor, torment, destitution, bane, casualty, contretemps, affliction, hard luck, bad luck, trouble, blight, poorness, rainy day, grief, poverty, distress, agony, misadventure, adversity, trial, difficulty, curse, misery.
•difficulty (noun)
hardness, toughness, complication, wearying, arduousness, oppressiveness, wearisomeness, formidability, trickiness, harshness, ticklishness, onerousness, strenuousness, fussiness, roughness, contrariness, severity, tightness, knottiness, stressfulness, cantankerousness, cumbersomeness, complexity.
•predicament (noun)
perplexity, plight, pickle, jam, dilemma, quandary, fix, predicament, problem.
•trouble, suffering (noun)
difficulty, agony, trial, crucible, nightmare, affliction, distress, torment, calamity, visitation, tribulation.
•visitation (noun)
visitation.
Other synonyms:
quagmire. crisis, crucible, nightmare. battle. visitation. stress. •Other relevant words:
crucible, crisis, nightmare, visitation.
Usage examples for ordeal
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It does not seem probable to me that she will sing again, in spite of the ordeal she has been through. – A Top-Floor Idyl by George van Schaick
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And he prepared the ordeal for his son by doing the same. – The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith by George Meredith
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Or, if you would prefer waiting until morning, I shall not insist on the- er- ordeal to- night. – The Hollow of Her Hand by George Barr McCutcheon