1
star-crossed(miserable, wretched, unfortunate, doomed, unsuccessful)
1
torture(noun, pain, sufferings)
1
tough break(expression, hardship, misfortune, setback, unluckiness)
1
tragedy(ruin, blow, cross, failure, hardship)
1
tragic(miserable, wretched, unfortunate, doomed, unsuccessful)
1
unfavorable(miserable, wretched, unfortunate, doomed, unsuccessful)
1
unhappy(miserable, wretched, unfortunate, doomed, unsuccessful)
1
unluck(disaster, trial, calamity)
1
unluckiness(noun, misfortune, setback)
1
unpleasantness(blow, cross, failure, disaster, trial)
1
unsuccessful(miserable, wretched, unfortunate, doomed)
1
untimely(miserable, wretched, black, unfortunate, doomed)
1
untoward(miserable, wretched, unfortunate, doomed, unsuccessful)
1
visitation(blow, cross, failure, disaster, trial)
1
worry(disaster, trial, calamity)
1
wretchedness(noun, pain, sufferings)
0
Too bad
0
Tough shit
0
Tough titty
0
act of God(expression, idiom, ruin, catastrophe, tragedy)
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