| anxiety(disaster, trial, calamity) |
| bad break(noun, expression, break, difficulty, trial) |
| bad news(expression, ruin, disaster, trial, catastrophe) |
| bane(ruin, destruction, catastrophe, misfortune, downfall) |
| beginning |
| bottom |
| burden(disaster, trial, suffering, misfortune, calamity) |
| can of worms(noun, expression, idiom, trouble, difficulty) |
| clutch(difficulty, hardship, misfortune) |
| collapse(ruin, destruction, catastrophe, misfortune, downfall) |
| contretemps(difficulty, shock, failure, disaster, trial) |
| cross(disaster, trial, calamity) |
| cross to bear(expression, idiom, reverse, trial, suffering) |
| crunch(noun, trouble, blow, difficulty, cross) |
| debacle(ruin, disaster, trial, catastrophe, misfortune) |
| defeat(noun, trouble, hurt, ruin, fall) |
| deprivation(noun, trouble, hurt, defeat, fall) |
| despair(noun, pain, sufferings) |
| destitution(noun, trouble, hurt, defeat, fall) |
| destruction(noun, trouble, hurt, ruin, defeat) |