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83 entries under failure topic. ×
| burden(noun, trouble, blow, difficulty, distress) | |
| hard knocks(noun, expression, idiom, trouble, worry) | |
| blow(noun, trouble, hurt, ruin, defeat) | |
| worry(noun, trouble, blow, distress, cross) | |
| contretemps(noun, blow, difficulty, cross) | |
| cataclysm(noun, trouble, ruin, blow, distress) | |
| downer(noun, trouble, difficulty, distress, shock) | |
| setback(noun, trouble, ruin, defeat, blow) | |
| annoyance(noun, trouble, blow, distress, care) | |
| cross(blow, difficulty, burden, collapse) | |
| defeat(noun, trouble, ruin, blow, distress) | |
| desolation(noun, ruin, collapse, depression) | |
| dole(noun, trouble, blow, distress, shock) | |
| dolor(noun, distress, shock, pain, struggle) | |
| tough luck(noun, expression, trouble, blow, difficulty) | |
| visitation(noun, trouble, ruin, blow, distress) | |
| adverse fate(noun, expression, defeat, blow, distress) | |
| anxiety(noun, trouble, blow, burden, cross) | |
| bad fortune(expression, shock, disaster, catastrophe) | |
| bad news(noun, expression, trouble, ruin, blow) |
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