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disorientation(noun, confusion, uncertainty, perplexity, bewilderment)
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distress(noun, trouble, defeat, worry, blow)
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drag(noun, hindrance)
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drawback(noun, hindrance)
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encumbrance(noun, hindrance)
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entrapment(noun, hindrance)
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fallen countenance
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fiasco
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fix
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fizzle
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foil
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foiling
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forlorn hope
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grievance(noun, trouble, worry, anxiety, struggle)
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handicap(noun, hindrance)
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hangup(noun, trouble, worry, anxiety, struggle)
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harassment(noun, trouble, worry, anxiety, struggle)
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hindrance(noun, hindrance)
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hope deferred
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hurdle(noun, hindrance)
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