tribulation

noun

Great affliction, trial, or distress; suffering: synonym: trial.

noun

An experience that tests one’s endurance, patience, or faith. synonym: burden.

noun

A state of affliction or oppression; suffering; distress.

noun

A cause or occasion of suffering; a trouble or trial.

noun

A troublesome or lawless person; also, such persons collectively; colloquially, a trial; a terror.

noun

That which occasions distress, trouble, or vexation; severe affliction.

noun

Any adversity; a trying period or event.

noun

an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event