😣ordeal (ordeal)

noun
/ɔːrˈdiːl/
expérience difficile (experience difficile)

Signification

A very difficult or painful experience, often lasting for a long time.
a painful or horrific experience; a severe trial or test
A physical or mental painful experience that must be endured
Traduction de la signification
Une expérience très difficile ou douloureuse, qui dure souvent longtemps.
Une experience tres difficile ou douloureuse, qui dure souvent longtemps.

Phrases d'exemple

The survivors went through a terrible ordeal after the earthquake.

Les survivants ont traversé une terrible épreuve après le tremblement de terre.
Les survivants ont traverse une terrible epreuve apres le tremblement de terre.

The refugees went through a terrible ordeal during the war.

Les refugies ont vecu une terrible epreuve pendant la guerre.
Les refugies ont vecu une terrible epreuve pendant la guerre.

Surviving the wilderness was a tough ordeal for them.

Survivre dans la nature a été une épreuve difficile pour eux.
Survivre dans la nature a été une épreuve difficile pour eux.

Expressions d'exemple

trial by ordeal
jugement par épreuve
jugement par epreuve

Synonymes

trial, hardship, suffering, agony, tribulation, struggle
Entrée 1
trial, hardship, suffering, agony, tribulation
Entrée 2
trial, tribulation, hardship, suffering
Entrée 3
trial, hardship, struggle

Antonymes

comfort, relief, ease, pleasure, blessing
Entrée 1
comfort, relief, ease
Entrée 2
pleasure, comfort, ease, blessing
Entrée 3
comfort, relief, ease

Collocations

face an ordeal, survive an ordeal, terrible ordeal, long ordeal, survive ordeal, endure ordeal
Entrée 1
face an ordeal, survive an ordeal, terrible ordeal, long ordeal
Entrée 2
terrible ordeal, survive ordeal, endure ordeal

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