2
nemesis(noun, bane)
2
nightmare(distress, anxiety, alarm, dismay, horror)
2
specter(worry, concern, problem)
1
Archfiend(brute, monster, demon, beast)
1
Beelzebub(brute, monster, demon, beast)
1
Mephistopheles(brute, monster, demon, beast)
1
Prince of Darkness(expression, idiom, brute, monster, demon)
1
Satan(brute, monster, demon, beast)
1
adversary(opponent, brute, monster, demon, beast)
1
affliction
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animosity(trouble, bother, scorn, pain, hatred)
1
animus(trouble, bother, scorn, pain, hatred)
1
antagonism(trouble, bother, scorn, pain, hatred)
1
antipathy(trouble, bother, scorn, pain, hatred)
1
bane
1
beast(brute, monster, demon)
1
black beast(expression, trouble, bother, scorn, pain)
1
bogeyman
1
boggart
1
bogle
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