| calamity(noun, trouble, difficulty, drag, hardship) |
| catastrophe(noun, trouble, difficulty, drag, hardship) |
| craving(adversity, heartache) |
| criticism(censure, reproach, reproof) |
| cruddy(bad, grody) |
| crunch(noun, trouble, difficulty, drag, hardship) |
| curse(trial, suffering, misfortune) |
| danger(noun, difficulty, misfortune, rigor) |
| dark cloud |
| deflation(recession, stagflation, retrenchment, overproduction) |
| denunciation(rebuff, denial, refusal) |
| depression(recession, stagflation, retrenchment, overproduction) |
| desperate straits(expression, distress, plight, impoverishment) |
| difficult time(expression, demand) |
| dire straits(expression, distress, plight, impoverishment) |
| disallowance(rebuff, veto, denial, refusal) |
| disaster(noun, trouble, difficulty, drag, hardship) |
| dismissal(rebuff, veto, denial, refusal) |
| double trouble(expression, distress, plight, impoverishment) |
| double whammy(expression, trial, suffering, misfortune) |