42 entries under noun topic. ×
| hardship(trouble, difficulty, shock, burden) | |
| adversity(trouble, worry, difficulty, shock) | |
| bummer(trouble, difficulty, situation, suffering) | |
| difficulties | |
| difficulty(trouble, worry, want, situation) | |
| distress(trouble, difficulty, want, situation) | |
| downer(trouble, difficulty, shock, struggle) | |
| rigor(trouble, worry, difficulty, want) | |
| vicissitude(trouble, worry, difficulty, want) | |
| bad luck(expression, trouble, difficulty, shock) | |
| calamity(trouble, difficulty, shock, struggle) | |
| can of worms(expression, idiom, trouble, difficulty) | |
| catastrophe(trouble, difficulty, shock, struggle) | |
| crunch(trouble, difficulty, situation, suffering) | |
| danger(trouble, worry, difficulty, want) | |
| destitution(trouble, worry, difficulty, want) | |
| disaster(trouble, difficulty, shock, struggle) | |
| drag(trouble, difficulty, situation, suffering) | |
| exigency(trouble, difficulty, drag, hardship) | |
| hard time(expression, trouble, difficulty, drag) |
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