9
burden(noun, trouble, charge, worry, blow)
9
poverty(noun, trouble, pass, difficulty, distress)
9
bad luck(noun, expression, idiom, break, trouble)
9
sorrow(noun, trouble, charge, worry, passion)
9
want(noun, trouble, fix, pass, difficulty)
8
rigour
8
blight(noun, shock, failure, disaster, catastrophe)
8
hard knocks(noun, expression, idiom, trouble, difficulty)
7
pain(noun, trouble, worry, passion, blow)
7
severity(noun, abuse, misery, suffering, cruelty)
7
rigorousness(noun, difficulty, laboriousness, strenuousness)
7
torment(noun, worry, passion, abuse, difficulty)
6
austerity(noun, burden, lack, severity, adversity)
6
deprivation(noun, trouble, hurt, blow, harm)
6
destitution(noun, trouble, pass, difficulty, distress)
6
discomfort(noun, trouble, worry, passion, blow)
6
grievance(noun, adjective, trouble, concern, strain)
6
grimness
6
hardness(noun, abuse, difficulty, misery, suffering)
6
peril(noun, burden, lack, adversity, privation)
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