| Main Entry: | crucible |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | retort |
Synonyms: |
cauldron, container, melting pot, pot, vessel |
| Main Entry: | ordeal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trouble, suffering |
Synonyms: |
affliction, agony, anguish, calamity, calvary, cross, crucible, difficulty, distress, nightmare, test, torment, torture, trial, tribulation, visitation |
Antonyms: |
happiness, pleasure |
| Main Entry: | pot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | container, cauldron |
Synonyms: |
basin, bowl, bucket, can, canister, crock, crucible, cup, jar, jug, kettle, mug, pan, pitcher, receptacle, saucepan, tankard, urn, vessel |
| Main Entry: | trial |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trouble, big problem |
Synonyms: |
adversity, affliction, albatross, anguish, annoyance, bane, blow, bother, burden, calvary, care, complication, cross to bear, crucible, difficulty, distress, drag*, grief, hard time, hardship, hassle*, heartbreak, inconvenience, irritation, load, misery, misfortune, nightmare, nuisance, ordeal, pain, pain in the neck, pest, plague, rigor, severe test, sorrow, suffering, thorn, tribulation, trying time, unhappiness, vexation, vicissitude, visitation, woe, wretchedness |
Antonyms: |
happiness, peace |
| Main Entry: | tribulation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pain, unhappiness |
Synonyms: |
adversity, affliction, albatross, bad luck, blow*, bummer, burden, care, cross to bear, crucible, curse, difficulty, distress, double whammy, downer, drag*, grief, hard knock, hard time, headache, heartache*, misery, misfortune, oppression, ordeal, persecution, rainy day, reverse, sorrow, suffering, trial, trouble, vexation, visitation, woe, worry, wretchedness, wronging |
Antonyms: |
calm, comfort, happiness, peace |
| Main Entry: | trial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun |
Related
Adjectives: |
analytic, cut-and-try, docimastic, empirical, essaying, experimental, icarian, on one's trial, peirastic, probationary, probative, probatory, provisional, tentative, under probation
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