| catastrophic event |
| contretemps(noun, blow, difficulty, cross, failure) |
| hard luck(noun, expression, idiom, blow, cross) |
| peril(noun, trouble, difficulty, lack, torment) |
| scourge(noun, difficulty, burden, collapse, woe) |
| anguish(noun, trouble, blow, difficulty, distress) |
| bane(noun, trouble, hurt, ruin, blow) |
| bummer(noun, trouble, difficulty, distress, pain) |
| cataclysm(noun, trouble, ruin, blow, distress) |
| difficulties(noun, stress) |
| downer(noun, trouble, difficulty, distress, shock) |
| ill luck(noun, expression, idiom, ruin, catastrophe) |
| onerousness(noun, difficulty, laboriousness, strenuousness) |
| pain(noun, trouble, blow, difficulty, distress) |
| poverty(noun, trouble, difficulty, depression, want) |
| rigor(noun, trouble, blow, difficulty, distress) |
| setback(noun, trouble, ruin, defeat, blow) |
| wretchedness(noun, trouble, blow, distress, care) |
| vicissitude(noun, trouble, blow, difficulty, distress) |
| aggravation(noun, calamity, blight, visitation) |