tribulations
Suffering and distress
Tribulations are serious troubles, hardships, or sufferings—difficulties that test one's endurance or faith.
The word carries a weighty, almost biblical tone: trials and tribulations, the tribulations of Job.
It appears most often in the plural and in formal or literary contexts, suggesting sustained adversity rather than minor inconveniences.
Biblical patience exemplar
- faithTrust without proof
- testingExamining to evaluate
- trialsFormal legal proceedings
- deliveranceRescue from bondage
redemption · exodus · wilderness · persecution · martyrdom · psalms · lamentations · salvation
Suffering from difficult circumstances
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- ordealDifficult, painful experience
- afflictionCause of ongoing distress
- struggleLabored effort against resistance
misfortune · distress · calamity · setback · woe · anguish · turmoil · misery
Sustained resolve despite obstacles
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
- tenacityPersistent grip or resolve
- gritDetermination or abrasive particles
determination · steadfastness · patience · courage · strength · survival · overcoming · mettle
Job
Biblical patience exemplar
deliverance · redemption · exodus · wilderness · persecution · martyrdom · psalms · lamentations · salvation · covenant
hardship
Suffering from difficult circumstances
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- ordealDifficult, painful experience
- afflictionCause of ongoing distress
struggle · misfortune · distress · calamity · setback · woe · anguish · turmoil · misery · grief
perseverance
Sustained resolve despite obstacles
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
- tenacityPersistent grip or resolve
grit · determination · steadfastness · patience · courage · strength · survival · overcoming · mettle · toughness
- annoyancesannoyance, annoyances, irritations, irritation, nuisance
- hardshiphardship, adversity, difficulty, struggle, challenges
- sufferingagony, anguish, misery, pain, torment
- pet peevesannoyance, loud chewing, irritation, loud talking, frustration
tribulationsprosperity
Good fortune, success
good fortune · blessings · successes · ease · abundance
tribulationsease
Lack of strain
smooth sailing · peace · tranquility · prosperity · successes
- trials and tribulationsDifficulties and suffering experienced