32
curse(noun, trouble, help, bother, cause)
23
scourge(noun, help, bother, cause, evil)
22
evil(noun, help, hurt, cause, evil)
22
plague(noun, trouble, help, bother, cause)
18
calamity(noun, end, ruin, slip, collapse)
17
affliction(noun, trouble, help, hurt, cause)
15
poison(noun, help, substance, hatred, hate)
13
cancer(noun, evil, adversity, calamity, affliction)
12
blight(noun, bother, ruin, evil, disease)
12
ruin(noun, break, act, help, end)
11
venom(noun, help, hatred, hate, hostility)
10
destruction(noun, break, act, help, end)
10
disaster(noun, trouble, adversity, affliction, accident)
10
misfortune(noun, trouble, ruin, blow, distress)
9
annoyance(noun, trouble, bother, blow, distress)
9
torment(noun, evil, distress, burden, misery)
9
trial(noun, trouble, bother, ruin, slip)
9
undoing(noun, break, act, help, end)
8
ruination(noun, act, help, end, ruin)
8
toxin(noun, help, poison, venom)
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