Meaning & use
tribulation
A state of great trouble, hardship, or suffering, or an experience that causes it.
See it in a sentence
The family endured years of financial tribulation before the business finally succeeded.
Her memoir describes the tribulations of raising three children during the war.
A note on using this word
Tribulation is formal and often appears in the plural, or in the fixed phrase trials and tribulations.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
comfortease
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