116 entries under adversity topic. ×

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hardship(noun, trouble, hurt, ruin, blow)
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trial(noun, trouble, change, ruin, defeat)
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grief(noun, trouble, ruin, distress, slip)
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bad luck(noun, expression, trouble, ruin, defeat)
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debacle(noun, upset, trouble, ruin, blow)
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failure(noun, trouble, ruin, defeat, blow)
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contretemps(noun, blow, difficulty, cross, disaster)
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fiasco(noun, trouble, ruin, defeat, collapse)
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scourge(noun, calamity, affliction, bale)
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evil(noun, disaster, immorality, affliction)
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ruin(noun, trouble, hurt, defeat, wrong)
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sorrow(noun, trouble, wrong, harm, difficulty)
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suffering(noun, trouble, hurt, wrong, harm)
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agony(noun, distress, pain, depression, sadness)
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blight(noun, ruin, shock, failure, destruction)
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crash(noun, trouble, ruin, collapse, failure)
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difficulty(noun, trouble, ruin, slip, collapse)
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emergency(noun, action, trouble, act, change)
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ordeal(noun, depression, sadness, gloom, curse)
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washout(noun, trouble, ruin, harm, collapse)
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