8
woe(noun, trouble, help, bother, cause)
7
downfall(noun, break, help, end, ruin)
7
pest(noun, trouble, person, bother, evil)
7
virus(noun, help, bother, annoyance, nuisance)
6
canker(noun, help, evil, stain, decay)
6
contagion(noun, help, bug, plague, blight)
6
detriment(noun, hurt, damage, evil, harm)
6
doom(noun, end, ruin, destruction, misfortune)
6
harm(noun, hurt, ruin, damage, catastrophe)
6
nemesis(noun, collapse, extinction, destruction, wreck)
6
nuisance(noun, trouble, bother, blow, distress)
6
trouble(noun, bother, ruin, blow, distress)
6
vexation(noun, trouble, bother, blow, distress)
5
Nemesis
5
abomination(noun, evil, loathing, abhorrence)
5
badness(noun, evil, badness)
5
damage(noun, hurt, ruin, harm, collapse)
5
distress(noun, trouble, blow, care, burden)
5
headache(noun, bother, difficulty, pain, problem)
5
malice(noun, hatred, hate, spite, meanness)
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