10
torment(noun, trouble, worry, difficulty, distress)
8
bad luck(noun, expression, idiom, break, trouble)
8
blight(noun, trouble, ruin, harm, slip)
7
mischance(trouble, blow, collapse, cross, failure)
6
misadventure(noun, trouble, ruin, blow, distress)
6
disappointment(noun, state, trouble, feeling, blow)
6
ill fortune(noun, expression, difficulty, situation, misfortune)
6
unluckiness(noun, shock, failure, disaster, misfortune)
5
burden(noun, trouble, blow, difficulty, distress)
5
hard knocks(noun, expression, idiom, trouble, worry)
5
sorrow(noun, trouble, blow, difficulty, distress)
5
agony(noun, distress, pain, depression, sadness)
5
blow(noun, trouble, hurt, ruin, defeat)
5
destitution(noun, trouble, worry, difficulty, depression)
5
dolour(noun, grief)
5
failure(noun, trouble, ruin, defeat, blow)
5
pressure(noun, difficulty, burden, demand, weight)
5
worry(noun, trouble, blow, distress, cross)
4
accident(noun, trouble, evil, blow, cross)
4
casualty(noun, hurt, ruin, damage, evil)
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