ordeal

🇺🇸 /ɔːrˈdiːl/ 🇬🇧 /ɔːˈdiːl/
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noun
R

a very hard or painful experience

Getting lost in the mountains was a real ordeal for the hikers.

translation

n. a very hard or painful experience

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Plural ordeals