'Tribulation' definitions:
Definition of 'tribulation'
(from WordNet)
noun
An annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event; "his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him"; "life is full of tribulations"; "a visitation of the plague" [syn: trial, tribulation, visitation]
Definition of 'Tribulation'
From: GCIDE
- Tribulation \Trib`u*la"tion\, n. [OE. tribulacium, F. tribulation, L. tribulatio, from tribulare to press, afflict, fr. tribulum a thrashing sledge, akin to terere, tritum, to rub. See Trite.] That which occasions distress, trouble, or vexation; severe affliction. [1913 Webster]
- When tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. --Matt. xiii. 21. [1913 Webster]
- In the world ye shall have tribulation. --John. xvi. 33. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'tribulation'
From: Easton
- Tribulation trouble or affiction of any kind (Deut. 4:30; Matt. 13:21; 2 Cor. 7:4). In Rom. 2:9 "tribulation and anguish" are the penal sufferings that shall overtake the wicked. In Matt. 24:21, 29, the word denotes the calamities that were to attend the destruction of Jerusalem.
Synonyms of 'tribulation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adverse circumstances,
- adversity,
- affliction,
- aggravation,
- annoyance,
- blight,
- bummer,
- calvary,
- care,
- cross,
- crucible,
- curse,
- difficulties,
- difficulty,
- downer,
- fiery ordeal,
- hard knocks,
- hard life,
- hard lot,
- hardcase,
- hardship,
- irritation,
- oppression,
- ordeal,
- persecution,
- plight,
- predicament,
- pressure,
- rigor,
- sea of troubles,
- stress,
- stress of life,
- trial,
- trials and tribulations,
- trouble,
- troubles,
- vale of tears,
- vicissitude,
- visitation