17
misfortune(noun, break, trouble, ruin, defeat)
9
trouble(noun, ruin, defeat, evil, harm)
9
hardship(noun, break, trouble, ruin, difficulty)
8
mischance(noun, break, trouble, ruin, slip)
8
bummer(noun, trouble, difficulty, distress, pain)
8
disaster(noun, trouble, ruin, defeat, difficulty)
8
distress(noun, trouble, difficulty, pain, situation)
8
ill luck(noun, expression, idiom, break, ruin)
7
adversity(noun, break, trouble, ruin, blow)
7
catastrophe(noun, trouble, ruin, defeat, blow)
6
accident(noun, break, ruin, defeat, hit)
6
bad fortune(noun, expression, shock, pain, struggle)
6
failure(noun, trouble, ruin, defeat, blow)
6
letdown(noun, pain, shame, disappointment, sufferings)
6
setback(noun, break, ruin, disaster, trial)
5
fiasco(noun, ruin, disaster, catastrophe, calamity)
5
hard luck(noun, expression, idiom, interjection, break)
5
ill fortune(noun, expression, difficulty, hardship, misfortune)
5
mishap(noun, trouble, ruin, defeat, difficulty)
5
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