Definitions for tribulation

tribulation trib·u·la·tion

Spelling: [trib-yuh-ley-shuh n]
IPA: /ˌtrɪb yəˈleɪ ʃən/

Tribulation is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 684 anagrams from letters in tribulation (abiilnorttu).

Definitions for tribulation

noun

  1. grievous trouble; severe trial or suffering.
  2. an instance of this; an affliction, trouble, etc.

Origin of tribulation

1175-1225; Middle English Latin trībulātiōn- (stem of trībulātiō) distress, trouble, equivalent to trībulāt(us) (past participle of trībulāre to press, squeeze, derivative of trībulum threshi

Examples for tribulation

But there are those who believe that humans have a role to play in the tribulation.

The tribulation itself will find all this enormously intensified.

It had brought to her nothing but tribulation and disappointment.

And the leader of the party wore the wrinkled brow of tribulation.

My heart makes a noise in me for my country, but the day of her tribulation is near.

The rest of them would be left behind for a period of tribulation that was going to end five months later—on October 21, 2011.

In joy or in pain, in happiness or in tribulation—gratitude!

That psalms of tribulation be sung with a low voice and long measure; 2.

In 1820 that Society was emerging from a period of tribulation and repression.

For those holding these beliefs, the main curb to violent action rests in their understanding of how the tribulation begins.

Word Value for tribulation
Scrable

13

Words with friends

17

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