65 entries under adversity topic. ×
| hot water(noun, expression, trouble, difficulty, drag) | |
| indigence(noun, trouble, difficulty, drag, hardship) | |
| jam(noun, trouble, difficulty, situation, suffering) | |
| misery(trouble, difficulty, lack, torment, hardship) | |
| misfortune(noun, trouble, worry, difficulty, shock) | |
| need(noun, trouble, worry, difficulty, want) | |
| pickle(noun, trouble, difficulty, drag, hardship) | |
| pinch(noun, trouble, difficulty, drag, hardship) | |
| poverty(noun, trouble, difficulty, want, lack) | |
| privation(noun, trouble, worry, difficulty, want) | |
| rotten luck(noun, expression, trouble, worry, difficulty) | |
| scrape(noun, trouble, difficulty, drag, hardship) | |
| sorrow(trouble, difficulty, lack, torment, hardship) | |
| straits(noun, trouble, difficulty, drag, hardship) | |
| suffering(trouble, difficulty, lack, torment, hardship) | |
| throe(trouble, drag, hardship, jam) | |
| ticklish spot(noun, expression, trouble, difficulty, drag) | |
| tough break(noun, expression, trouble, worry, difficulty) | |
| tough luck(noun, expression, trouble, difficulty, want) | |
| unholy mess(noun, expression, trouble, difficulty, drag) |
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