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280 entries under difficulty topic. ×
| hot seat(noun, expression, confusion, shame) | |
| humiliation(noun, confusion, shame, sorrow) | |
| illness(noun, trouble, hurt, disorder, defeat) | |
| impasse(noun, trouble, fix, pain) | |
| inadequacy(noun, pass, failure, want) | |
| indebtedness(noun, confusion, shame, mess) | |
| indiscretion(noun, confusion, shame, mess) | |
| inhibition(noun, confusion, shame, mess) | |
| kiss of death(expression, idiom, hardship, misfortune) | |
| knot(noun, trouble, fix, pain) | |
| laboriousness(noun, trouble, pain, struggle) | |
| meagerness(noun, pass, failure, want) | |
| mess(noun, trouble, worry, anxiety) | |
| mistake(noun, confusion, shame, mess) | |
| muddle(noun, verb, upset, trouble, bother) | |
| necessitousness(noun, pass, failure, want) | |
| nuisance(noun, trouble, worry, blow, strain) | |
| obstacle(noun, trouble, pain, struggle) | |
| obstruction(noun, trouble, pain, struggle) | |
| often financial(noun, expression, lack, hardship) |
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