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tribulation

tri·bu·la·tion

UK/ˌtɹɪbjʊˈleɪ̯ʃən/ US/ˌtɹɪbjəˈleɪ̯ʃən/ uncommon

noun

1.

an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event

  • “his mother-in-law”
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From Middle English tribulation, from Old French tribulacion, from Late Latin trībulātiō (“distress, trouble, tribulation, affliction”), from Latin tribulāre (“to press, probably also thresh out grain”), from trībulum (“a sledge consisting of a wooden block studded with sharp pieces of flint or with iron teeth, used for threshing grain”), from terēre (“to rub”); see trite.

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