5
rub(noun, disorder, weakness, burden, restraint)
5
setback(noun, disorder, worry, delay, anxiety)
5
situation(noun, trouble, place, worry, point)
5
snarl(noun, trouble, disorder, worry, struggle)
5
stew(noun, activity, upset, trouble, bother)
5
strife(noun, state, action, worry, fight)
5
toughness(noun, discipline, strictness, hardness, tedium)
4
bafflement(noun, worry, anxiety, burden, stress)
4
barricade(noun, disorder, block, weakness, burden)
4
box(noun, place, fix, pass, easy)
4
calamity(noun, trouble, ruin, slip, burden)
4
confusion(noun, activity, state, trouble, disorder)
4
convolution(noun, complication, complexity, multiplicity, complicacy)
4
crunch(noun, trouble, pass, point, burden)
4
danger(noun, trouble, worry, distress, anxiety)
4
deterrent(noun, disorder, catch, weakness, restraint)
4
difference(noun, state, fight, dispute, conflict)
4
division(noun, break, split, disagreement, breach)
4
drag(noun, trouble, fix, disorder, blow)
4
fuss(noun, activity, action, upset, trouble)
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