7
misfortune(noun, ruin, pain, disaster, hardship)
5
bad luck(noun, expression, idiom, break, pain)
4
disaster(noun, trouble, ruin, pain, trial)
3
grief(noun, ruin, pain, catastrophe, tragedy)
3
hardship(noun, blow, pain, cross, misfortune)
3
misery(noun, pain, disaster, trial, calamity)
3
trial(disaster, calamity)
3
tribulation(noun, pain, disaster, trial, calamity)
3
trouble(noun, ruin, pain, disaster, trial)
3
woe(noun, ruin, pain, catastrophe, tragedy)
2
adversity(noun, ruin, blow, cross, failure)
2
calamity(noun, ruin, blow, pain, cross)
2
distress(noun, pain, sufferings)
2
mischance(noun, blow, pain, cross, hardship)
2
raw deal(expression, hardship, misfortune, setback, unluckiness)
2
suffering(noun, pain, sufferings)
1
catastrophe(noun, ruin, blow, pain, cross)
1
Hard cheese(expression, interjection, hardship, misfortune, setback)
1
Tough luck(expression, interjection, blow, cross, miserable)
1
accident(ruin, blow, cross, failure, disaster)
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