ordeal

Converse of object

• harrow: The most wonderful day of your life, or a financially harrowing ordeal from which you'll never recover?
• survive: Luckily, the machine survived the ordeal, without damage to the HD.
• endure: Once more, I had to endure the ordeal of the outward sign of urinary incontinence.
• undergo: Mr Munson had agreed to undergo the ordeal to raise funds for the Jeans for Genes appeal.
• suffer: A long time heavy smoker he is suffering the most terrible ordeal.
• face: Some victims may prefer to suffer in silence rather than to face the ordeal of getting involved in the Criminal Justice process.

Preposition: at

hand: This followed a two year ordeal at the hands of the Standards Board.

Converse of subject

shake: The woman, who was shaken by the ordeal, said he ran off toward the lake.

Adjective modifier

• terrifying: Read her terrifying ordeal on page 44 of CG!
• grueling: Naturally, students facing the grueling ordeal of exams need to be fighting fit.
• fiery: First Peter 4:12, " Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you.
• horrific: The following is the story of a 28-year-old Staffordshire woman who suffered a horrific ordeal after her drink was spiked.
• horrendous: He said: " Zara has been subjected to a horrendous ordeal.
• terrible: Not for days to come either, for first of all there was the terrible ordeal of the Geneva gig to get through.

Noun used with modifier

• hostage: Blackout: the safest way to report a hostage ordeal?
• terror: Priest's robbery terror ordeal - 01/03/05 Log in to remember this page.
• hour: Karma Sutra were given the full- on treatment by the customs ie Strip search dismantling the van all in all a 6 hour ordeal!
• poison: They were, however, prohibited from engaging in the poison ordeal, enslavement or brutal punishment.

Preposition: of

trial: Darren had been preparing himself for the terrifying ordeal of a murder trial.

Preposition: by

fire: As a test of her purity, she is commanded to undergo an ordeal by fire.