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TRIBULATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tribulate mean?
• TRIBULATE (verb)
The verb TRIBULATE has 1 sense:
1. oppress or trouble greatly
Familiarity information: TRIBULATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Oppress or trouble greatly
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Hypernyms (to "tribulate" is one way to...):
afflict (cause great unhappiness for; distress)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Derivation:
tribulation (an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event)
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