| casualty(disaster, trial, misfortune, calamity, accident) |
| cataclysm(blow, cross, failure, disaster, trial) |
| cataclysmic(miserable, wretched, unfortunate, doomed, unsuccessful) |
| catastrophe(blow, difficulty, cross, failure, disaster) |
| catastrophic(miserable, wretched, unfortunate, doomed, unsuccessful) |
| clutch(difficulty, hardship, misfortune) |
| contretemps(blow, difficulty, cross, failure, disaster) |
| cross(blow, failure, disaster, trial, calamity) |
| crunch(blow, difficulty, cross, failure, disaster) |
| cursed(miserable, wretched, unfortunate, doomed, unsuccessful) |
| debacle(blow, cross, failure, disaster, trial) |
| dire(miserable, wretched, unfortunate, doomed, unsuccessful) |
| disadvantage(blow, cross, failure, disaster, trial) |
| disaster(difficulty, trial, hardship, misfortune, calamity) |
| disastrous(miserable, wretched, unfortunate, doomed, unsuccessful) |
| discomfort(disaster, trial, calamity) |
| distress(difficulty, hardship, misfortune) |
| dole(disaster, trial, calamity) |
| down on luck(expression, miserable, wretched, black, unfortunate) |
| downer(difficulty, hardship, misfortune) |