ordeal
/ɔːˈdiːl/ noun [C]Translation
› a very unpleasant experience
belâ, musibet, büyük eziyet/sıkıntı
a terrible ordeal They feared he would not survive the ordeal. She went through the ordeal of being interviewed by a panel of ten people.1786(Definition of ordeal noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish
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