Tribulation definition

Tribulation

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WordNet

(1) 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"

WiktionaryText

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Any adversity; a trying period or event.
- 27 June 1944, Herbert Hoover, Speech in Chicago, Illinois to the 23rd Republican national convention.
  
  It is youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow and the triumphs that are the aftermath of war.