Word:
Tribulation
Status:
Noun
Meaning:
Unhappiness, pain or suffering, or a situation that makes a person suffer.
Sentences:
1) Her daughter's illness has been a source a great tribulation.
2) The play is about the tribulations of a family of immigrants in New York.
Origin:
Middle English tribulacion, from Anglo-French, from Lation tribulation, tribulatio which means 'to press' or 'oppress'.
First use:
13th century
Synonyms:
affliction, agony, anguish, hurt, misery, torment, pain rack
Antonyms:
calm, comfort, happiness, peace
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