|
|
1. (n.) ordeal
any extremely severe or trying test, experience, or trial.
2. ordeal
a former method of trial used to determine guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to serious physical danger, the result being regarded as a divine judgment.
Etymology: (bef. 950; ME ordal, OE ordāl; c. OFris ordēl, OS
|
| Definition of 'ordeal' |
Princeton's WordNet |
|
1. (noun) ordeal
a severe or trying experience
2. (noun) ordeal, trial by ordeal
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
|
|
|
1. (noun) ordeal
an extremely unpleasant experience
The kidnapped woman has spoken of her ordeal for the first time.; to go through an ordeal
|
| Definitions of 'ordeal' |
The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
|
1. ordeal
a test by fire, water, poison, wager of battle, or the like, of the innocence or guilt of persons in appeal thereby to the judgment of God in default of other evidence, on the superstitious belief that by means of it God would interfere to acquit the innocent and condemn the guilty, a test very often had recourse to among savage or half-civilised nations.
|
|
|
Sense: a difficult, painful experience
Being kidnapped was an ordeal for the child.
|
 Afrikaans: beproewing, toets, ontber |
 Arabic: مِحْنَه، إمْتِحان صَعْب |
 Bulgarian: изпитание |
 Brazilian: provação |
 Czech: utrpení, zkouška |
 German: schwere Prüfung |
 Danish: prøvelse |
 Greek: δοκιμασία, τραυματική εμπ |
 Spanish: mala experiencia, terribl |
 Estonian: katsumus |
 Farsi: تجربه سخت و دردناک |
 Finnish: koettelemus |
 French: (rude)épreuve |
 Hebrew: מִבחָן קָשֶה |
 Hindi: अग्नि परीक्षा |
 Croatian: muka, patnja |
 Hungarian: megpróbáltatás |
 Indonesian: cobaan berat |
 Icelandic: þrekraun |
 Italian: prova |
 Japanese: 試練 |
 Korean: 혹독한 시련 |
 Lithuanian: sunkus išmėginimas |
 Latvian: smags pārdzīvojums |
 Malay: pengalaman pahit |
 Dutch: beproeving |
 Norwegian: ildprøve, prøvelse |
 Polish: ciężka próba |
 Persian: تجربه سخت و دردناک |
 Pashto: سخته تجربه |
 Portuguese: provação |
 Romanian: experienţă (grea); încerc |
 Russian: тяжёлое испытание |
 Slovak: utrpenie, skúška |
 Slovenian: težka preizkušnja |
 Serbian: teško iskušenje |
 Swedish: prövning, pärs |
 Thai: ประสบการณ์ที่ยากลำบาก |
 Turkish: büyük çile |
 Taiwanese: 磨難，煎熬 |
 Ukrainian: тяжке випробування |
 Urdu: ابتلاء، تکليف دہ تجربہ |
 Vietnamese: sự thử thách |
 Chinese: 严酷的考验，磨难，煎熬 |
Get even more translations for ordeal...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Alternative search options for 'ordeal' |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Definitions of ordeal 
