Tribulation
[,trɪbjʊ'leɪʃ(ə)n] or [,trɪbju'leʃən]
Definition
(n.) That which occasions distress, trouble, or vexation; severe affliction.
Typed by Felix
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Distress, suffering, trouble, affliction, grief, sorrow, trial, misery, woe.
Typed by Gladys
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Trouble, distress, woe, sorrow, persecution, suffering, affliction, anguish
ANT:Joy, rejoicing, gladness, rest, deliverance
Checked by Bertrand
Definition
n. severe affliction: distress.
Inputed by Gustav
Examples
- Through great tribulation He brought me through to a salvation revealed in this last time. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But, all this time, who shall detail the tribulations manifold of our friend Miss Ophelia, who had begun the labors of a Southern housekeeper? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Typist: Preston