10
tribulation(noun, distress, pain, collapse, depression)
9
hardship(noun, trouble, hurt, ruin, blow)
9
trial(noun, trouble, change, ruin, defeat)
9
grief(noun, trouble, ruin, distress, slip)
8
bad luck(noun, expression, trouble, ruin, defeat)
8
debacle(noun, upset, trouble, ruin, blow)
8
failure(noun, trouble, ruin, defeat, blow)
7
abyss(noun, collapse, disaster, upheaval, cataclysm)
7
contretemps(noun, blow, difficulty, cross, disaster)
7
denouement(noun, disaster, calamity, upheaval, completion)
7
fiasco(noun, trouble, ruin, defeat, collapse)
7
havoc(noun, disorder, situation, disaster, calamity)
7
scourge(noun, adversity, calamity, affliction, bale)
6
evil(noun, disaster, immorality, adversity, affliction)
6
ruin(noun, trouble, hurt, defeat, wrong)
6
sorrow(noun, trouble, wrong, harm, difficulty)
6
suffering(noun, trouble, hurt, wrong, harm)
5
agony(noun, distress, pain, depression, sadness)
5
blight(noun, ruin, shock, failure, destruction)
5
crash(noun, trouble, ruin, collapse, failure)
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