n. 25B6; noun
the tribulations of her personal life : TROUBLE, difficulty, problem, worry, anxiety, burden, cross to bear, ordeal, trial, adversity, hardship, tragedy, trauma, affliction; reverse, setback, blow; informal hassle.
his time of tribulation was just beginning : SUFFERING, distress, trouble, misery, wretchedness, unhappiness, sadness, heartache, woe, grief, pain, anguish, agony; poetic/literary travail.