| slip(decline, low, depression, dip, recession) |
| slowness(noun, drop, decline, failure, slump) |
| sorrow(difficulty, hardship, misfortune) |
| stagflation(noun, drop, decline, failure, slump) |
| stagnation(noun, drop, decline, decrease, low) |
| stormy weather |
| suffering(difficulty, hardship, misfortune) |
| tough luck(expression, difficulty, distress, hardship, misfortune) |
| tribulation |
| trouble(difficulty, hardship, misfortune) |
| trough(decline, low, collapse, failure, depression) |
| unemployment(noun, drop, decline, decrease, collapse) |
| worst(difficulty, hardship, misfortune, adversity, heartache) |
| abbreviating(depression, reduction, devaluation) |
| abbreviation(depression, reduction, devaluation) |
| abjection(distress, plight, impoverishment) |
| abridging(depression, reduction, devaluation) |
| abridgment(depression, reduction, devaluation) |
| accounting allowance(expression, depression, reduction, devaluation) |
| anguish(adversity, heartache) |