tribulation
Other forms: tribulations
Tribulation is suffering or trouble, usually resulting from oppression. The tribulations of a coal miner include a dangerous work environment, lung disease from black dust and a cramped, dark work space.
When you encounter the word tribulation, it will usually be in the company of the word trial as in, “She suffered many trials and tribulations as an early feminist.” The two words, while not identical, emphasize each other as they essentially mean testing and suffering. Tribulation comes from the Latin verb tribulare "to oppress, afflict."
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an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event“life is full of tribulations”synonyms: trial, visitationtypes:firea severe trialtype of:afflictiona cause of great suffering and distress
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On August 28, 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. Speaking from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C., King stood before an estimated quarter of a million people who had gathered to demonstrate for passage of the Civil Rights Act.