14
hitch(noun, trouble, disorder, block, delay)
14
squabble(noun, activity, trouble, bother, excitement)
14
stress(noun, trouble, force, charge, bother)
12
inconvenience(noun, trouble, bother, worry, blow)
12
jam(noun, trouble, place, fix, bother)
12
pinch(noun, trouble, worry, pass, distress)
12
worry(noun, activity, trouble, bother, concern)
12
emergency(noun, trouble, fix, disorder, worry)
12
exigency(noun, trouble, fix, worry, pass)
12
plight(noun, trouble, place, fix, disorder)
12
tribulation(noun, trouble, worry, blow, distress)
11
embarrassment(noun, fix, bother, worry, catch)
11
affliction(noun, trouble, ruin, concern, blow)
11
bother(noun, activity, trouble, worry, excitement)
11
burden(noun, trouble, force, charge, disorder)
11
perplexity(noun, trouble, fix, disorder, worry)
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strain(noun, verb, trouble, force, charge)
11
suffering(noun, trouble, worry, blow, distress)
10
hot water(noun, expression, trouble, fix, bother)
10
intricacy(noun, trouble, disorder, confusion, struggle)
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