Both Uses of
ordeal
in
Dubliners
- It was his humour to have people know what an ordeal a concert was to him.†
Chpt 13 *
- Gabriel glanced right and left nervously and tried to keep his good humour under the ordeal which was making a blush invade his forehead.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(ordeal) a very difficult or painful experience