Found 2 items, similar to tribulation.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: tribulation tribulation n : 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, visitation]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Tribulation 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]