4
pain(noun, hurt, wrong, harm, difficulty)
4
pestilence(noun, evil, burden, magic, spell)
4
sorrow(noun, trouble, wrong, harm, difficulty)
4
wreck(noun, disorder, ruin, shock, failure)
3
cancer(noun, magic, adversity, spell, affliction)
3
bad news(noun, expression, trouble, ruin, blow)
3
bale(noun, ruin, evil, catastrophe, tragedy)
3
bummer(noun, trouble, defeat, blow, difficulty)
3
comedown(noun, upset, blow, shock, disaster)
3
crisis(noun, action, act, thing, experience)
3
defeat(noun, trouble, hurt, ruin, fall)
3
despair(noun, trouble, ruin, distress, burden)
3
destitution(noun, trouble, hurt, defeat, fall)
3
downer(noun, trouble, defeat, blow, difficulty)
3
grievance(adjective, trouble, difficulty, lack, torment)
3
ill fortune(expression, difficulty, hardship, misfortune, accident)
3
loss(noun, trouble, end, disorder, defeat)
3
ruination(trouble, disorder, ruin, burden, destruction)
3
setback(noun, upset, trouble, ruin, defeat)
3
shock(upset, failure, disaster, catastrophe, surprise)
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