tribulation
2 synonyms and 1 antonym for tribulation, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A hard or difficult experience or period.
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Etymology
This word came into English as Middle English tribulation, from Old French tribulacion, from Late Latin trībulātiō (“distress, trouble, tribulation, affliction”), from Latin tribulāre (“to press, probably also thresh out grain”), from trībulum (“a sledge consisting of a wooden block studded with sharp pieces of flint o...
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