noun
- extremely unpleasant and prolonged experiences
Usage: plural of ordeal
Examples
- The survivors described their ordeals during the natural disaster.
- She endured many ordeals before finally achieving success.
- The refugees shared stories of their ordeals fleeing their homeland.
- Medical students face numerous ordeals during their training.
- The family’s financial ordeals lasted for several years.
- He wrote a book about his ordeals as a prisoner of war.