tribulation

nounCommon GRE wordMore T words

a state of great trouble, suffering, or hardship

In a sentence

Tribulation in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing tribulation in a sentence.

After years of tribulation, the refugees finally found a stable home.

Synonyms

afflictionordealhardshipadversity

Antonyms

comforteaseblessing

Keep going

understood or implied without being openly stated

habitually reserved and uncommunicative in speech

only loosely relevant; diverging from the main point

perceptible by touch or concrete enough to be grasped

to twist together into a confused or knotted mass

equivalent in effect or value to something else

to dull or damage the luster, reputation, or purity of something

needlessly repeating an idea using different words

Common questions

Tribulation (noun) means a state of great trouble, suffering, or hardship

Here is tribulation used in an example sentence: "After years of tribulation, the refugees finally found a stable home."

Common synonyms for tribulation include affliction, ordeal, hardship, adversity.

Antonyms of tribulation include comfort, ease, blessing.

Tribulation is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

Vocabulary sticks when you meet it in real sentences. Practise these words inside text completion and sentence equivalence questions.