5
trial(noun, trouble, ruin, defeat, evil)
5
tribulation(noun, pain, disaster, trial, suffering)
5
wreck(ruin, shock, failure, destruction, disaster)
4
affliction(noun, ruin, difficulty, shock, failure)
4
calamity(noun, trouble, ruin, defeat, blow)
4
crash(ruin, disaster, catastrophe, calamity, upheaval)
4
curse(noun, ruin, distress, slip, shock)
4
grief(noun, ruin, pain, destruction, trial)
4
hoodoo
4
misery(noun, difficulty, pain, trial, suffering)
4
suffering(noun, difficulty, pain, trial, hardship)
4
tough luck(noun, expression, break, trouble, difficulty)
4
tragedy(noun, break, ruin, disaster, trial)
3
fortune
3
blow(noun, break, ruin, failure, disaster)
3
decadence
3
decline
3
descent
3
downer(noun, trouble, difficulty, distress, shock)
3
fail
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