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catastrophe(noun, upset, trouble, help, change)
44
calamity(noun, upset, trouble, help, disorder)
35
misfortune(noun, upset, trouble, ruin, defeat)
24
mishap(noun, upset, trouble, ruin, defeat)
19
adversity(noun, trouble, ruin, evil)
18
trouble(noun, change, ruin, defeat)
17
distress(noun, trouble, damage, harm)
12
affliction(noun, upset, trouble, ruin, blow)
12
misery(noun, trouble, ruin, evil)
9
reverse(noun, upset, trouble, ruin, defeat)
8
hardship(noun, trouble, ruin, distress)
7
trial(noun, trouble, change, ruin, defeat)
6
bad luck(noun, expression, idiom, trouble, ruin)
6
suffering(noun, trouble, damage, harm)
5
contretemps(noun, shock, failure, awkward)
5
bummer(noun, trouble, defeat, blow)
5
sorrow(noun, trouble, evil, distress)
4
hazard(noun, trouble, ruin, crash)
3
exigency(noun, trouble, change, ruin)
3
downer(noun, trouble, defeat, blow)
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