58 entries under hardship topic. ×
| poison(difficulty, misfortune) | |
| poverty(noun, trouble, difficulty, want, lack) | |
| privation(noun, trouble, worry, difficulty, want) | |
| reverse(difficulty, shock, failure, disaster, catastrophe) | |
| rotten luck(noun, expression, trouble, worry, difficulty) | |
| scrape(noun, trouble, difficulty, drag) | |
| sorrow(trouble, difficulty, lack, torment) | |
| straits(noun, trouble, difficulty, drag) | |
| suffering(trouble, difficulty, lack, torment) | |
| throe(trouble, drag, jam, adversity) | |
| 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) | |
| want(noun, trouble, worry, difficulty, lack) | |
| worst(difficulty, shock, failure, disaster, catastrophe) | |
| harsh conditions(expression, difficulty, misfortune) | |
| situation(difficulty, misfortune) |
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