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humiliation(noun, difficulty, confusion, shame, mess)
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knot(noun, trouble, difficulty, pain, struggle)
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muddle(noun, state, trouble, disorder, difficulty)
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nuisance(noun, bother, disturbance, hindrance, untimeliness)
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nuisance value(noun, expression, idiom)
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pain(noun, upset, trouble, bother, difficulty)
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self-consciousness(noun, difficulty, anxiety, confusion, shame)
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shyness(noun, difficulty, confusion, shame, mess)
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tastelessness(noun, inelegance)
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tawdriness(noun, inelegance)
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unfitness(noun, bother, disturbance, hindrance, exclusion)
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ungracefulness(noun, incapacity, uselessness, incompetence, clumsiness)
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unmanageability(noun, risk, peril)
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abashment
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adversity(noun, trouble, difficulty, pain, struggle)
1
aggravation(bother, disturbance, hindrance, untimeliness, troublesomeness)
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arduousness(noun, trouble, difficulty, pain, struggle)
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ataxia(trouble, disorder, difficulty, struggle, mess)
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awkward
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awkward situation(noun, expression, difficulty, confusion, shame)
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