3
scantiness(noun, want, need, lack, loss)
3
scarcity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
3
straits(noun, trouble, pass, difficulty, distress)
3
tragedy(noun, adversity)
3
trial(noun, trouble, hurt, defeat, fall)
3
trouble(noun, hurt, defeat, fall, difficulty)
2
affliction(noun, trouble, worry, difficulty, depression)
2
agony(noun, depression, sadness, gloom, unhappiness)
2
bane(noun, collapse, extinction, destruction, wreck)
2
blight(noun, adversity)
2
burden(noun, depression, sadness, gloom, unhappiness)
2
casualty(noun, trouble, hurt, defeat, fall)
2
catastrophe(noun, trouble, hurt, defeat, fall)
2
curse(noun, trouble, worry, difficulty, depression)
2
defect(noun, want, need, lack, loss)
2
deficit(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
depletion(noun, defeat, pass, difficulty, distress)
2
destituteness(ruin, failure, loss, liquidation, insolvency)
2
disaster(noun, trouble, ruin, defeat, difficulty)
2
dolor(noun, depression, sadness, gloom, unhappiness)
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