Ordeal Definition & Meaning
ordeal
- noun
- a severe or trying experience
- 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
"Ordeal" in song lyrics
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"Now all is irrelevant, outside of this ordeal"
Eyedea — The Dive (Part 2) -
"It's like World War 4 in the field, daily ordeal"
Fes Taylor f/ Inspectah Deck — Graveyard Shift Pt. 2 -
"It's like World War IV in the field, daily ordeal"
Inspectah Deck — Get Ya Weight Up
Words that rhyme with ordeal
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- What does ordeal mean?
- a severe or trying experience 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
- What part of speech is ordeal?
- Ordeal is a noun.
- How many definitions does ordeal have?
- Ordeal has 2 definitions across 1 part of speech (noun).