4
harassment(noun, trouble, worry, anxiety, burden)
4
ill fortune(noun, expression, hardship, misfortune)
4
imbroglio(noun, trouble, fix, worry, dispute)
4
impasse(noun, trouble, fix, worry, anxiety)
4
kink(noun, complication, hitch)
4
laboriousness(noun, situation, problem, adversity, toughness)
4
mishap(noun, trouble, ruin, concern, strain)
4
need(noun, trouble, pass, distress, failure)
4
onus(trouble, concern, strain, burden, weight)
4
oppression(noun, trouble, worry, pass, distress)
4
painfulness(noun, situation, problem, embarrassment, adversity)
4
protest(noun, issue, dislike, doubt, opposition)
4
quagmire(noun, trouble, fix, easy, difficult)
4
responsibility(noun, trouble, charge, worry, concern)
4
struggle(noun, action, trouble, disorder, bother)
4
subtlety(noun, question, secret, puzzle, obscurity)
4
torment(noun, trouble, worry, distress, anxiety)
4
variance(noun, state, break, fight, split)
3
ado(noun, activity, trouble, bother, worry)
3
agony(noun, trouble, distress, pain, depression)
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