ordeal · noun
Sens et exemples
Une expérience extrêmement difficile, pénible ou bouleversante.
After the ordeal of losing their home, the family needed practical help as well as reassurance.
She described the lengthy investigation as an ordeal that had affected every part of her working life.
The interview became an ordeal when the questions repeatedly returned to experiences he had hoped to leave behind.
They had endured similar ordeals, yet each found a different way of rebuilding a sense of security.
Formes
- ordeal singular
- ordeals plural