travails

Meanings

• noun

  the state of undergoing labor pains or difficult experiences

  - "She went through many travails to achieve her goals."
  - "The journey was filled with travails and hardships."

• noun

  a difficult or laborious undertaking

  - "The construction of the bridge was a major travails."
  - "The process of learning a new language can be quite a travails."

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Synonyms

journey , passage , tour , trip , voyage , traffic , movement , progression , stroke

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with travails
traveller , raveller , gravelle , mavelle

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Variants

List of all variants of travails that leads to same result
travail , travailed , travailing , travails , travaux

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Etymology

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From Old French travaille 'labor, toil', from traviller 'to labor, work'.

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Trivia

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1. The word travails is related to the word travel, both coming from the Old French word travaille.

2. In medical terminology, preterm labor is also referred to as preterm travails.

3. The term travails is often used in astrology to describe the difficult aspects of a planet's transit in a natal chart.

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Related Concepts

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1. labors: The process of giving birth, often referred to as labor pains or simply labor.

2. hardships: Difficult or painful experiences, often used interchangeably with travails.

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Culture

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Travails has been used extensively in literature and art to depict the struggles and hardships faced by individuals. For instance, in Dante's Inferno, the poet describes his journey through Hell as a series of travails. In music, the term has been used in song titles to convey a sense of hardship and struggle.

How to Memorize "travails"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a person going through labor pains or struggling to accomplish a difficult task.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the feeling of discomfort or struggle.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Remember the phrase 'To Travel Is To Struggle' to help remember the definition.

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