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failure(trouble, hurt, ruin, defeat)
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grief(trouble, worry, difficulty, depression)
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misadventure(trouble, hurt, defeat, fall)
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mishap(trouble, hurt, defeat, fall)
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necessitousness(pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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ordeal(depression, sadness, gloom, unhappiness)
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peril(trouble, difficulty, lack, torment)
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scarceness(lack, deficiency, shortage, dearth)
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shortcoming(want, need, loss, reduction)
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shortfall(want, need, loss, reduction)
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squalor(depression, sadness, gloom, unhappiness)
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starvation(pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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torment(trouble, worry, difficulty, depression)
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tribulation(trouble, worry, difficulty, depression)
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woe(depression, sadness, gloom, unhappiness)
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abjection(pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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abridgement(want, need, loss, miss)
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accident(trouble, hurt, defeat, worry)
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aridity(pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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asceticism
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