tribulation
Any adversity; a trying period or eventAny adversity; a trying period or event.
» Everyone, no matter how privileged, encounters trials and tribulations.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Any adversity; a trying period or event.
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бе́дствиеbédstvije, беда́bedá, несча́стьеnesčástʹje
- an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event
Examples
6 sentencesEveryone, no matter how privileged, encounters trials and tribulations.
All of her tribulations resulted in her becoming stronger.
I've come across all kinds of trials and tribulations.
Rafael endured some of the same trials and tribulations that climate refugees experience during their migration.
On Saturday afternoons, millions of people forget the trials and tribulations of their day-to-day lives.
deAm Samstagnachmittag vergessen Millionen Menschen ihre Alltagssorgen. — Esperantostern
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English tribulation, from Old French tribulacion, from Late Latin trībulātiō (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.
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Forms
plural: tribulations| Singular | tribulation |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event:trialvisitation
Word family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable