Definition for Tribulation:

• trib-[= u]- l[= a]' shun, n. severe affliction: distress. [ L.,-- tribul[= a]re, -[= a]tum, to afflict-- tribulum, a sledge for rubbing out corn-- ter[) e]re, to rub.]

Synonyms for Tribulation:

• n.

  •
  • issue,
  • problem,
  • disturbance,
  • trials and tribulations,
  • nuisance,
  • baggage,
  • study at affliction.
  •
  • heavy,
  • over,
  • cross.
  •
  • easy.
  •adversity (noun)
  • agony,
  • adversity,
  • poverty,
  • bad luck,
  • blight,
  • misadventure,
  • peril,
  • destitution,
  • catastrophe,
  • casualty,
  • dolor,
  • mishap,
  • burden,
  • contretemps,
  • rainy day,
  • poorness,
  • infliction,
  • tragedy,
  • bane,
  • disaster.
  •affliction (noun)
  • disease,
  • plague,
  • anguish,
  • illness,
  • plight,
  • crux,
  • scourge,
  • disorder,
  • depression,
  • sickness.
  •bereavement (noun)
  • deprivation.
  •calamity (noun)
  • downfall,
  • curtains,
  • waterloo,
  • mischance,
  • collapse,
  • ruin,
  • cataclysm,
  • wreck.
  •care (noun)
  • misgiving,
  • unhappiness,
  • sweat,
  • exasperation,
  • responsibility,
  • discomposure,
  • foreboding,
  • apprehension,
  • dismay,
  • strain,
  • stress,
  • charge,
  • incubus,
  • perplexity,
  • impediment,
  • onus,
  • alarm,
  • bother,
  • pressure,
  • handicap,
  • hindrance,
  • fear,
  • anxiety,
  • chagrin,
  • disquiet,
  • uneasiness,
  • consternation,
  • annoyance,
  • aggravation,
  • solicitude,
  • load.
  •chore (noun)
  • errand,
  • routine,
  • assignment,
  • job,
  • stint,
  • duty,
  • workout,
  • housework,
  • effort,
  • KP.
  •curse (noun)
  • evil eye,
  • cancer,
  • voodoo,
  • evil,
  • jinx,
  • pestilence.
  •despair (noun)
  • despondency,
  • dejection,
  • melancholy,
  • desperation,
  • discouragement,
  • gloom.
  •difficulty (noun)
  • muddle,
  • hot water,
  • quagmire,
  • painfulness,
  • frustration,
  • obstruction,
  • awkwardness,
  • dead end,
  • dilemma,
  • strait,
  • arduousness,
  • quandary,
  • labor,
  • mess,
  • struggle,
  • impasse,
  • predicament,
  • check,
  • stumbling block,
  • emergency,
  • pickle,
  • laboriousness,
  • paradox,
  • hazard,
  • complication,
  • obstacle,
  • crisis,
  • barricade,
  • strenuousness,
  • deadlock,
  • exigency,
  • deep water.
  •distress (noun)
  • ache,
  • bad news,
  • blues,
  • twinge,
  • heartbreak,
  • malaise,
  • pang,
  • concern,
  • shame,
  • heartache,
  • mortification,
  • discomfort,
  • desolation,
  • disquietude,
  • throe,
  • disappointment,
  • irritation,
  • embarrassment.
  •grief (noun)
  • be moaning,
  • be-wailing,
  • in felicities,
  • in-felicities,
  • re pining,
  • re morse,
  • re-morses,
  • be-moaning,
  • deplorings,
  • be wailing,
  • repinings,
  • bewailings,
  • in-felicity,
  • re-morse,
  • re-pining,
  • in felicity,
  • re morses,
  • lamentings,
  • bemoanings.
  •grievance (noun)
  • in justices,
  • out-rage,
  • out-rages,
  • pain the neck,
  • out rages,
  • in-justices,
  • big stinks,
  • in juries,
  • hoo ha,
  • in-jury,
  • pain in neck,
  • pain neck,
  • in jury,
  • in-justice,
  • ax grind.
  •hardship (noun)
  • rotten lucks,
  • tough breaks,
  • uphill battles,
  • tough lucks,
  • herculean tasks.
  •ill (noun)
  • in-dispositions,
  • mis-chiefs,
  • in dispositions,
  • mis-chief,
  • un-pleasantness,
  • in disposition,
  • in-disposition,
  • un pleasantness,
  • badnesses,
  • un pleasantnesses,
  • un-pleasantnesses,
  • mis chiefs,
  • mis chief.
  •rigor (noun)
  • in-clemencies,
  • in-tolerance,
  • in flexibilities,
  • in-flexibility,
  • in tolerance,
  • in clemency,
  • in flexibility,
  • in-tolerances,
  • in clemencies,
  • traditionalisms,
  • in tolerances,
  • in-flexibilities,
  • in-clemency.
  •sadness (noun)
  • dispiritednesses,
  • gloominesses,
  • cheerlessnesses,
  • sorrowfulnesses,
  • bleaknesses,
  • broken hearts,
  • moodinesses,
  • disconsolatenesses,
  • the dump,
  • grievings,
  • downcastnesses.
  •sorrow (noun)
  • big troubles.
  •torture (noun)
  • excruciations,
  • impalements,
  • cruciations.
  •travail (noun)
  • travail,
  • travails.
  •trial (noun)
  • severe tests,
  • trying times,
  • cross bear.
  •tribulation (noun)
  • persecution,
  • worry,
  • downer,
  • vexation,
  • double whammy,
  • bummer,
  • oppression,
  • wretchedness,
  • albatross,
  • Wronging,
  • hard knock,
  • suffering,
  • reverse.
  •trouble (noun)
  • dis satisfactions,
  • dis-satisfaction,
  • dis-satisfactions,
  • un-rests,
  • dis-cords,
  • dis-cord,
  • dis contents,
  • dis cords,
  • dis cord,
  • dis-content,
  • un rest,
  • un-rest,
  • dis satisfaction,
  • dis-contents,
  • dis content.
  •unfortunateness (noun)
  • un fortunatenesses,
  • un-fortunatenesses,
  • un-fortunateness,
  • un fortunateness.
  •unluckiness (noun)
  • un luckinesses,
  • un-luckinesses,
  • un-luckiness,
  • un luckiness.
  •untowardness (noun)
  • un-towardnesses,
  • un-towardness,
  • un towardness,
  • un towardnesses.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • crucible.

Antonyms for Tribulation:

• n.

  • affliction
    consolation, health, relief, help, aid.
  • calamity
    boon, profit, good luck, fortune, blessing, good fortune, advantage, joy.
  • care
    ignorance, thoughtlessness, negligence, inattention, disregard, neglect, carelessness, oversight.
  • despair
    confidence, hopefulness, cheerfulness, trust, faith, cheer, joyfulness.
  • difficulty
    tranquility, felicity, ease.
  • distress
    pleasure.
  • tribulation
    calm, happiness.
  • Other antonyms:
    comfort, security, assuagement, well-being, peace, alleviation, solace.

Tribulation Sentence Examples:

• But it was a painful task, and the color went and came in her pale face, and her breath was labored with the excess of her tribulation.

• Eliot's greatest tribulation was on account of his wife, whom he had to leave behind.

Hypernym for Tribulation:

• n.

  • event
    fire.

Hyponym for Tribulation:

• n.

  • event
    affliction.