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noun
1.
grievous trouble; severe trial or suffering.
2.
an instance of this; an affliction, trouble, etc.
Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English < Latin trībulātiōn- (stem of trībulātiō) distress, trouble, equivalent to trībulāt(us) (past participle of trībulāre to press, squeeze, derivative of trībulum threshing sledge, equivalent to trī-, variant stem of terere to rub, crush + -bulum noun suffix of instrument) + -iōn- -ion
1175–1225; Middle English < Latin trībulātiōn- (stem of trībulātiō) distress, trouble, equivalent to trībulāt(us) (past participle of trībulāre to press, squeeze, derivative of trībulum threshing sledge, equivalent to trī-, variant stem of terere to rub, crush + -bulum noun suffix of instrument) + -iōn- -ion
Synonyms
1. affliction, hardship, distress, adversity.
1. affliction, hardship, distress, adversity.
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Tribulations
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Example Sentences
- Their aim furthermore is to perfect life and to make more easy the tribulations of the earth.
- For these tribulations he deserves a degree of sympathy.
- He drops you into their world so that you feel their trials and tribulations.
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
tribulation
early 13c., from O.Fr. tribulacion (12c.), from L.L. tribulationem (nom. tribulatio) "distress, trouble, affliction" (c.200), from tribulatus, pp. of tribulare "to oppress, afflict," a figurative use by Christian writers of L. tribulare "to press," also possibly "to thresh out grain," from tribulum
EXPAND "threshing sledge," from stem of terere "to rub" (see throw) + -bulum, suffix forming names of tools.
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