ontbering — meaning in English
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English meaning
- destitution noun The action of deserting or abandoning.
- ordeal noun A very difficult, painful, or exhausting experience.
Senses
ontbering is used for these senses in English:
- destitution The condition of lacking something.
destitution — full definition
- noun The action of deserting or abandoning.
- noun Discharge from office; dismissal.
- noun The condition of lacking something.
- noun An extreme state of poverty, in which a person is almost completely lacking in resources or means of support.
ordeal — full definition
- noun A very difficult, painful, or exhausting experience.
- noun Historically, a trial in which the accused was subjected to a dangerous physical test, the outcome believed to reveal guilt or innocence by divine judgment.