1
afflicted(miserable, wretched, unfortunate, doomed, unsuccessful)
1
affliction(ruin, disaster, trial, catastrophe, calamity)
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agony(noun, pain, sufferings)
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annoyance(blow, cross, failure, disaster, trial)
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anxiety(blow, cross, failure, disaster, trial)
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bad break(expression, blow, cross, miserable, unfortunate)
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bad fortune(noun, pain, sufferings)
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bad news(expression, ruin, blow, cross, failure)
1
behind eight ball(expression, miserable, wretched, black, unfortunate)
1
blight(ruin, catastrophe, tragedy)
1
blow(ruin, cross, failure, trial, hardship)
1
bummer(noun, pain, sufferings)
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burden(blow, cross, failure, disaster, trial)
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calamitous(miserable, wretched, unfortunate, doomed, unsuccessful)
1
casualty(ruin, disaster, trial, catastrophe, calamity)
1
cataclysm(ruin, blow, cross, failure, disaster)
1
cataclysmic(miserable, wretched, unfortunate, doomed, unsuccessful)
1
catastrophic(miserable, wretched, unfortunate, doomed, unsuccessful)
1
contretemps(blow, cross, failure, disaster, trial)
1
cross(blow, failure, disaster, trial, calamity)
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