tribulation

Meaning

Any adversity; a trying period or event.

Synonyms

suffering

affliction

trial

visitation

trouble

ordeal

hardship

woe

torment

disaster

heaviness

distressed

hard

infliction

miserable

perturbation

pest

probation

proof

punishment

sorrow

tribulations

tryingness

uneasiness

whammy

worry

crown of thorns

adversity

grief

anguish

calamity

catastrophe

challenging

complaint

confusion

crucible

deprivation

difficult

discomfort

Translations

tribolazione

tormento

tribulation

tribulação

tribulación

Trübsal

☹️

tribolo

beproeving

Drangsal

dert

βάσανο

musibet

rampspoed

tribulatio

tribulació

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌtɹɪbjʊˈleɪ̯ʃən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: tribulation

In summary

From 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 or with iron teeth, used for threshing grain”), from terēre (“to rub”); see trite.