| boring(adjective, bad, dreary, drab, colorless) |
| catastrophe(noun, trouble, difficulty, pain, situation) |
| frustration(noun, hindrance, disappointment, prevention, blocking) |
| hardship(noun, trouble, difficulty, distress, pain) |
| heartbreak(noun, pain, sorrow, depression, melancholy) |
| loser |
| melancholy(noun, adjective, trouble, worry, distress) |
| mendicant(noun, person, request) |
| misery(noun, trouble, worry, difficulty, distress) |
| misfortune(noun, trouble, defeat, blow, difficulty) |
| pain(noun, bother, distress, gloom, misery) |
| panhandler(noun, informal, request) |
| pity(noun, good, shame, disappointment) |
| setback(noun, defeat, blow, failure, hindrance) |
| slump(noun, depression, gloom, lethargy, sluggishness) |
| woe(noun, distress, pain, sorrow, depression) |
| curse(noun, pain, reverse, trial, suffering) |
| almsman(noun, person, request) |
| almswoman(noun, person, request) |
| calamity(noun, trouble, defeat, blow, difficulty) |