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ordeal (noun)

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  • ordeal — ► NOUN 1) a prolonged painful or horrific experience. 2) an ancient test of guilt or innocence in which the accused was subjected to severe pain, survival of which was taken as divine proof of innocence. ORIGIN Old English …   English terms dictionary

  • ordeal — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ long ▪ entire (esp. AmE), whole ▪ My family has supported me through this whole ordeal. ▪ dreadful (esp. BrE), horrible (esp. AmE) …   Collocations dictionary

  • ordeal bean — noun dark brown highly poisonous seed of the calabar bean vine; source of physostigmine and used in native witchcraft • Syn: ↑calabar bean • Hypernyms: ↑bean • Part Holonyms: ↑calabar bean vine, ↑Physostigma venenosum * * * …   Useful english dictionary

  • ordeal tree — noun evergreen shrub or tree of South Africa • Syn: ↑bushman s poison, ↑Acocanthera oppositifolia, ↑Acocanthera venenata • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Member Holonyms: ↑Aco …   Useful english dictionary

  • ordeal — noun (C) a terrible or painful experience (+ of): the ordeal of having your child kidnapped | it is an ordeal to do sth: Some people find it an ordeal to appear before the TV camera …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • ordeal — noun Etymology: Middle English ordal, from Old English ordāl; akin to Old High German urteil judgment, Old English dāl division more at deal Date: before 12th century 1. a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • ordeal — (n.) O.E. ordel, lit. judgment, verdict, from P.Gmc. noun *uzdailjam (Cf. O.S. urdeli, O.Fris. urdel, Du. oordeel, Ger. urteil judgment ), lit. that which is dealt out (by the gods), from *uzdailijan share out, related to O.E. adælan to deal out… …   Etymology dictionary

  • ordeal — noun the hostages survived the ordeal Syn: unpleasant experience, painful experience, trial, tribulation, nightmare, trauma, hell (on earth), misery, trouble, difficulty, torture, torment, agony …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • ordeal bark — noun Etymology: so called from its use as an ordeal poison : the poisonous bark of a West African tree (Erythrophloeum guineense) of the family Leguminosae : sassy bark …   Useful english dictionary

  • ordeal — noun a) a painful or trying experience b) a trial in which the accused was subjected to a dangerous test (such as ducking in water), divi …   Wiktionary

  • ordeal — noun 1》 a prolonged painful or horrific experience. 2》 an ancient test of guilt or innocence by subjection of the accused to severe pain, survival of which was taken as divine proof of innocence. Origin OE ordāl, ordēl, of Gmc origin, from a base …   English new terms dictionary

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