25
poverty(noun, trouble, pass, difficulty, distress)
21
indigence(noun, trouble, ruin, pass, difficulty)
18
penury(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, condition)
18
privation(noun, trouble, ruin, defeat, pass)
18
need(noun, trouble, defeat, pass, difficulty)
16
want(noun, verb, trouble, defeat, pass)
15
neediness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, condition)
13
distress(noun, pass, difficulty, confusion, shame)
12
beggary(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, condition)
11
deprivation(noun, defeat, fall, failure, want)
11
lack(noun, verb, ruin, pass, difficulty)
11
necessity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
11
pauperism(noun, ruin, pass, difficulty, distress)
9
misery(noun, trouble, worry, difficulty, depression)
8
impoverishment(noun, ruin, pass, difficulty, distress)
7
dearth(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
7
famine(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
6
adversity(noun, trouble, worry, difficulty, depression)
6
deficiency(noun, defeat, pass, difficulty, distress)
6
hardship(noun, trouble, pass, difficulty, distress)
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