How do you pronounce purgatory?

purgatory is pronounced as /ˈpɜːrɡəˌtɔːri/.

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purgatory

🔥purgatory

noun

/ˈpɜːrɡəˌtɔːri/

Meaning

A place or state of suffering inhabited by the souls of sinners who are expiating their sins before going to heaven; a temporary condition of torment or suffering.

Example Sentences

After the accident, the long recovery felt like a kind of purgatory.

Example Expressions

stuck in purgatory

Synonyms

limbo, suffering, torment, ordeal, trial

Antonyms

paradise, heaven, bliss

Collocations

in purgatory, stuck in purgatory, personal purgatory

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