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.
例文
After the accident, the long recovery felt like a kind of purgatory.
表現例
stuck in purgatory
同義語
limbo, suffering, torment, ordeal, trial
対義語
paradise, heaven, bliss
コロケーション
in purgatory, stuck in purgatory, personal purgatory
