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