Definitions for ordeal

ordeal or·deal

Spelling: [awr-deel, -dee-uh l, awr-deel]
IPA: /ɔrˈdil, -ˈdi əl, ˈɔr dil/

Ordeal is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 138 anagrams from letters in ordeal (adelor).

Definitions for ordeal

noun

  1. any extremely severe or trying test, experience, or trial.
  2. a primitive form of trial to determine guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to fire, poison, or other serious danger, the result being regarded as a divine or preternatural judgment.

Origin of ordeal

before 950; Middle English ordal, Old English ordāl; cognate with Dutch oordeel, German Urteil. See a-3, dole1

Examples for ordeal

The ordeal faced by Ms. Kolkiewicz, the Ebola victim, Mr. Williams, and Mr. Mutora is terrifying.

He divined the nature of the ordeal through which he had gone.

I was sure only that they had been through an ordeal and were feeling the reaction.

But this ordeal combat was far removed from the domain of sport.

Had I been subject only to his examination, my ordeal would not have been severe.

He had resolved to subject her to the ordeal of the prince's addresses.

Many women find a car journey with regular morning sickness quite an ordeal.

Every visit to a hospital is an ordeal but for those who cannot pay for private care the experience is a horror show.

At no time during his ordeal was Turing able to publicly reveal the far greater secret that had framed his life since 1940.

This is a new version of Catman, his past is yet to be told, but an ordeal made him not just badass, but flawed, deeply flawed.

Word Value for ordeal
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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