5
mischief(noun, hurt, damage, evil, harm)
5
pestilence(noun, bother, evil, burden, decay)
5
tribulation(noun, trouble, bother, blow, distress)
4
bother(noun, trouble, blow, distress, care)
4
annihilation(extinction, slaughter, destruction, devastation, obliteration)
4
burden(noun, trouble, bother, evil, blow)
4
catastrophe(noun, adversity, affliction, bale)
4
destroyer(noun, break, help, ruin, spoil)
4
disease(evil, stain, scar, scourge, disfigurement)
4
ill(noun, help, cause)
4
infection(noun, bother, annoyance, nuisance, poison)
4
infliction(noun, hurt, damage, harm, injury)
4
injury(noun, hurt, damage, harm, disfigurement)
4
irritant(noun, bother, pain, annoyance, bug)
4
misery(noun, trouble, blow, distress, care)
3
adversity(noun, trouble, hurt, ruin, blow)
3
agony(noun, distress, pain, misery, suffering)
3
anathema(noun, trouble, hateful, curse, obscenity)
3
atrocity(noun, evil)
3
condemnation(noun, loathing, abhorrence, abomination)
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