tribulation
noun
[ ˌtrɪbjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n ]
• a cause of great trouble or suffering.
• "the tribulations of being a megastar"
Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from ecclesiastical Latin tribulatio(n-), from Latin tribulare ‘press, oppress’, from tribulum ‘threshing board (constructed of sharp points)’, based on terere ‘rub’.
