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purgatoriesnounpl. of purgatory a temporary place or state in which the souls of people who die make amends for their sinsIt was a summer job that felt like purgatory to the teen. blazes, infernosnetherworlds, shades, underworldsabysses, pitsfire and brimstones, hellfiresGehennas, hells, Pandemoniums, perditions glories, happy hunting grounds, nirvanas, promised lands, Valhallasblisses, elysian fields, Elysiums(or Elysia), empyreans, heavens, kingdom comes, New Jerusalems, paradises, skies, Zions(also Sions) a place or state of temporary sufferingWe found ourselves trapped in the purgatory of a rush-hour traffic jam. afflictions, calvaries, crosses, curses, ordeals, trials, tribulationsagonies, Gehennas, hells, horrors, miseries, murders, nightmares, torments, torturescalamities, misfortunes, tragediesgalls, thornsbummers, downers, drags delights, diversions, entertainments, fun, joys, pleasures, recreationslarks, picnics, riotsheavens, paradises |