9
misfortune(noun, trouble, ruin, worry, blow)
7
disaster(noun, trouble, ruin, collapse, failure)
5
bother(noun, trouble, worry, distress, anxiety)
4
difficulty(noun, trouble, fix, worry, distress)
4
distress(noun, trouble, worry, passion, concern)
4
headache(noun, trouble, worry, passion, concern)
4
nuisance(noun, trouble, worry, blow, distress)
4
predicament(noun, trouble, fix, worry, difficulty)
4
problem(noun, trouble, worry, concern, distress)
4
trouble(noun, ruin, worry, concern, blow)
4
worry(noun, trouble, passion, concern, blow)
3
calamity(noun, trouble, ruin, blow, burden)
3
mess(noun, trouble, worry, difficulty, distress)
3
mischance(noun, ruin, blow, cross, failure)
3
persona non grata(noun, expression, idiom, person, undesirable)
3
tribulation(noun, trouble, worry, blow, distress)
2
annoyance(noun, trouble, worry, concern, blow)
2
bind(noun, trouble, fix, worry, difficulty)
2
catastrophe(noun, trouble, ruin, blow, distress)
2
concern(noun, trouble, worry, distress, anxiety)
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