tribulationn.
/trɪbjʊˈleɪʃən/ archaic.† 2. The condition of being held in pawn or pledge. Obsolete slang.
1. † c. One who or that which causes trouble. (In quot. 1623, apparently a cant name for a gang of disturbers.)
a. A condition of great affliction, oppression, or misery; ‘persecution; distress; vexation; disturbance of life’ (Johnson).
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the mind > emotion > suffering > [noun]
sorec888
teeneOE
sorrowOE
workOE
wrakeOE
careOE
gramec1000
harmOE
howc1000
trayOE
woweOE
angec1175
derfnessc1175
sytec1175
unwinc1175
wosithc1200
ail?c1225
barrat?c1225
derf?c1225
grief?c1225
misease?c1225
misliking?c1225
ofthinkingc1225
passion?c1225
troublec1230
pinec1275
distress1297
grievancea1300
penancea1300
cumbermentc1300
languorc1300
cumbering1303
were1303
angera1325
strifea1325
sweama1325
woea1325
painc1330
tribulationc1330
illa1340
threst1340
constraintc1374
troublenessc1380
afflictiona1382
bruisinga1382
miseasetya1382
pressurec1384
exercisec1386
miscomfortc1390
mislikea1400
smarta1400
thronga1400
balec1400
painfulnessc1400
troublancec1400
smartness?c1425
painliness1435
perplexity?a1439
penalty?1462
calamity1490
penality1496
cumber?a1513
sussy1513
tribule1513
afflict?1529
vexation of spirit1535
troublesomeness1561
hoe1567
grievedness1571
tribulance1575
languishment1576
thrall1578
tine1590
languorment1593
aggrievedness1594
obturbation1623
afflictedness1646
erumny1657
pathos1684
shock1705
dree1791
vex1815
wrungnessa1875
dukkha1886
thinkache1892
sufferation1976
the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > tribulation, trouble, or affliction
teeneOE
harmOE
sourc1000
trayOE
angec1175
wosithc1200
ail?c1225
barrat?c1225
misease?c1225
passion?c1225
troublec1230
sorenessc1275
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cumbermentc1300
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thro1303
angera1325
strifea1325
sweama1325
encumbrancec1330
tribulationc1330
threst1340
mischiefa1375
pressc1375
unhend1377
miseasetya1382
angernessc1390
molestc1390
troublancec1400
notea1425
miseasenessc1450
cumber?a1513
tribule1513
unseasonableness?1523
troublesomeness1561
tribulance1575
tine1590
trials and tribulations1591
pressure1648
difficulty1667
hell to pay1758
dree1791
trial and tribulation1792
Queer Street1811
Sturm und Drang1857
a thin time1924
shit1929
crap1932
shtook1936
the mind > emotion > suffering > misery > [noun]
unselthc888
ermtheOE
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wellawayOE
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woec1175
wanea1200
wretchdom?c1225
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un-i-selec1275
wan-siðc1275
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wretchedheada1300
cursedness1303
wretcheddomc1320
wrechea1325
wretchnessa1330
tribulationc1330
wretchednessa1340
caitifty1340
meeknessa1382
unwealsomeness1382
infelicityc1384
caitifhedea1400
ill liking?a1400
sorea1400
ungleea1400
unweala1400
caitifnessc1400
deploration1490
caitifdoma1500
woefulnessa1513
misery1527
miserity1533
mishappinessa1542
unwealfulnessa1555
tribulance1575
miserableness1613
agony1621
desolatenessa1626
unblissa1628
unhappiness1722
misère1791
shadow1855
valley1882
miz1918
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 206 He lyued in wo & strife, & in tribulacioun.
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 988 Myn herte is now in tribulacion.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xxiv. 21 Thanne schal be greet tribulacioun.
c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) viii. 22 To þis Cite is a þorny wey and a sharp, scil. penaunce and tribulacion in erþe.
a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) i. xvi. sig. D.ii Tribulation is euery suche thinge as troubleth and greueth a man eyther in bodye or mind.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 63 Tri'd in sharp tribulation, and refin'd By Faith and faithful works. View more context for this quotation
1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Tribulation, Affliction, Misery; generally spoken of that which a Christian takes in good part, as being inflicted by the hand of God.
1862 Sat. Rev. 8 Feb. 141 The sufferers..are sustained in their tribulation by the proud consciousness that they are assisting to uphold a great national principle.
b. With a and plural. An affliction.
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?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 295 Nane wattres þet beoð worldlichetribulaciuns. nane temptaciuns..ne muchȝe þis luue acwenchen.
c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 251 My socoure and refuge, Geyn every tempest and turbulacioun.
a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1906) 75 Many tribulacions and euylls.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Diiii The paynes, aduersitees, tribulacions..and all other labours & busynesses of this worlde.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 336 The just shall..after all thir tribulations long See golden days. View more context for this quotation
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society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > disorder or riot > [noun] > one who creates a disturbance or rioter > crowd of > specific
tribulation1623
meal mob1765
1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII v. iii. 60 These are the youths that thunder at a Playhouse..that no Audience but the tribulation of Tower Hill, or the Limbes of Limehouse, their deare Brothers are able to endure. View more context for this quotation
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] > pawnbroking > condition of being pawned
tribulation1669
1669 J. Dryden Wild Gallant i. i. 8 Sirrah, Boy, fetch my Suit with the Gold Lace at Sleeves from Tribulation.
1764 T. Legg Low-life (ed. 3) 15 Pawnbrokers..busy in altering the Dates of Cloaths under Tribulation.
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