Synonyms for trials
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : trahy-uhl, trahyl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtraɪ əl, traɪl |
Top 10 synonyms for trials Other synonyms for the word trials
- adversity
- affliction
- albatross
- analysis
- anguish
- annoyance
- assay
- attempt
- audition
- bane
- blow
- bother
- burden
- calvary
- care
- check
- citation
- claim
- complication
- counterclaim
- court action
- court martial
- crack
- cross to bear
- cross-examination
- crucible
- difficulty
- distress
- drag
- dry run
- endeavor
- essay
- experience
- experimentation
- fling
- go
- grief
- habeas corpus
- hard time
- hardship
- hassle
- heartbreak
- inconvenience
- investigation
- irritation
- lawsuit
- lick
- litigation
- load
- misery
- misfortune
- nightmare
- nuisance
- ordeal
- pain
- pain in the neck
- pest
- plague
- probation
- proof
- prosecution
- R and D
- rap
- research and development
- rigor
- seizure
- severe test
- shakedown
- shot
- showcase
- sorrow
- stab
- striving
- struggle
- suffering
- suit
- test run
- testing
- thorn
- trial and error
- trial run
- tribulation
- tribunal
- try
- try on
- trying time
- tryout
- undertaking
- unhappiness
- venture
- vexation
- vicissitude
- visitation
- whack
- woe
- workout
- wretchedness
Définition of trials
Origin :- mid-15c., "act or process of testing," from Anglo-French trial, noun formed from triet "to try" (see try). Sense of "examining and deciding a case in a court of law" is first recorded 1570s; extended to any ordeal by 1590s. As an adjectival phrase, trial-and-error is recorded from 1806. Trial balloon (1939) is congnate of French ballon d'essai.
- noun test
- noun legal proceeding
- noun trouble, big problem
- Yet, in spite of this and other trials, he seems to have preserved his serenity of spirit.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- But Tip never forgot the trials of that day, nor the hard work which he had to endure them.
- Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy
- Ah, never had she known for what trials the infant had been reserved!
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Then for the first time he told them his true name and all his trials.
- Extract from : « Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew » by Josephine Preston Peabody
- I can enter into your trials and annoyances as keenly as if I had to encounter them.
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- All the fifteen were condemned, and the trials of the whole occupied an hour and a half.
- Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
- No affection can sustain these hourly trials of suspicion and reproach.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- As the time of the trials drew near every paper in town took up the cry.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- It will then only be a bitter aggravation of all my trials, and all my miseries.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- Such were the trials of our lovers, and of correspondent worth was the reward they received.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
Antonyms for trials
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