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mishap(noun, help, awkward, disaster)
13
misfortune(noun, trouble, help, awkward)
12
calamity(noun, blow, cross, disaster)
10
catastrophe(noun, blow, cross, disaster)
9
disaster(noun, shock, failure, awkward)
4
adversity(noun, blow, cross, failure)
4
trial(noun, disaster, hardship, misfortune)
3
affliction(noun, shock, failure, disaster)
3
misery(noun, disaster, trial, hardship)
3
reverse(blow, cross, failure, disaster)
3
trouble(noun, disaster, trial, hardship)
2
distress(noun, hardship, misfortune, adversity)
2
hardship(noun, blow, cross, failure)
1
bad break(expression, blow, cross, failure)
1
bad luck(expression, idiom, failure, disaster)
1
bummer(hardship, misfortune)
1
can of worms(expression, idiom, hardship, misfortune)
1
clutch(hardship, misfortune)
1
crunch(blow, cross, failure, disaster)
1
downer(shock, failure, disaster, catastrophe)
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APASmart Define. (2015). contretemps thesaurus. Retrieved September 21, 2026, from https://smartdefine.org/contretemps/thesaurus/synonyms
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