Tribulation (noun)
trib-yu-lay-shun
grievous trouble; severe trial or suffering.
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.
Example sentences
“A year fraught with tribulation!”
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