Need another word that means the same as “purgatory”? Find 12 synonyms and 30 related words for “purgatory” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Purgatory” are: torment, torture, misery, suffering, affliction, anguish, agony, wretchedness, woe, tribulation, hell, hell on earth
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “purgatory” as a noun can have the following definitions:
affliction | A cause of great suffering and distress. A crippling affliction of the nervous system. |
agony | Extreme physical or mental suffering. He crashed to the ground in agony. |
anguish | Extreme mental distress. Philip gave a cry of anguish. |
hell on earth | Noisy and unrestrained mischief. |
misery | A person who is constantly miserable or discontented. The misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable. |
suffering | Psychological suffering. Weapons that cause unnecessary suffering. |
torment | A feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented. Their deaths have left both families in torment. |
torture | Unbearable physical pain. Confessions extracted under torture. |
tribulation | An annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event. His time of tribulation was just beginning. |
woe | Intense mournfulness. The Everton tale of woe continued. |
wretchedness | A state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune. The misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable. |
angel | In traditional Christian angelology a being of the lowest order of the ninefold celestial hierarchy. Every year we raise the money for the next season and we are always looking for an angel. |
archangel | An angel ranked above the highest rank in the celestial hierarchy. |
archbishop | A bishop of highest rank. The Archbishop of York. |
ascension | (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon. His ascension to the presidency. |
cardinal | A deep scarlet colour like that of a cardinal s cassock. His appointment as cardinal. |
coadjutor | An assistant to a bishop. |
confessional | An enclosed stall in a church divided by a screen or curtain in which a priest sits to hear confessions. Tabloid confessionals. |
conflagration | An extensive fire which destroys a great deal of land or property. Tinder dry conditions sparked fears of a conflagration in many drought devastated communities. |
dark | A dark colour or shade especially in a painting. When I came to work here over half the West End theatres were dark. |
demon | Reckless mischief; devilry. A friend of mine is a demon cook. |
dungeon | Imprison someone in a dungeon. |
excellency | An outstanding feature or quality. The characteristic excellencies of Wordsworth's poetry are listed. |
expiate | Make amends or reparation for (guilt or wrongdoing. Their sins must be expiated by sacrifice. |
firmament | The apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected. Thunder shakes the firmament. |
forgivable | Easily excused or forgiven. The flaws are forgivable. |
heaven | A place, state, or experience of supreme bliss. Those who practised good deeds would receive the reward of a place in heaven. |
infernal | Characteristic of or resembling Hell. Infernal instruments of war. |
inferno | A very intense and uncontrolled fire. The inferno of the engine room. |
malevolent | Wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred. Failure made him malevolent toward those who were successful. |
perdition | The abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment- John Milton. Hurl d headlong To bottomless perdition there to dwell. |
perpetrate | Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation. A crime has been perpetrated against a sovereign state. |
pope | English poet and satirist (1688-1744. |
prelate | A bishop or other high ecclesiastical dignitary. |
prison | A prisonlike situation a place of seeming confinement. He died in prison. |
sin | Commit a sin. A sin in the eyes of God. |
supernal | Being or coming from on high. Supernal erudition. |
transgression | The spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata. The boy was punished for the transgressions of his father. |
underworld | The mythical abode of the dead, imagined as being under the earth. A prominent underworld figure. |
welkin | The sky or heaven. |
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