6
tragedy(noun, trouble, ruin, blow, distress)
6
vicissitude(noun, trouble, fix, pass, easy)
5
agony(noun, worry, passion, strain, distress)
5
danger(noun, difficulty, burden, want, lack)
5
difficulties
5
injury(noun, adjective, hurt, damage, abuse)
5
insolvency(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
5
mischance(noun, blow, burden, pain, collapse)
5
need(noun, trouble, fix, pass, difficulty)
5
oppression(noun, charge, worry, pass, strain)
5
poorness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
5
predicament(noun, trouble, fix, pass, difficulty)
5
pressure(noun, force, charge, fix, worry)
5
worry(noun, trouble, passion, concern, blow)
5
wretchedness(noun, trouble, worry, passion, blow)
4
bummer(noun, trouble, difficulty, distress, pain)
4
care(noun, trouble, worry, concern, blow)
4
catastrophic event
4
downer(noun, trouble, difficulty, distress, shock)
4
embarrassment(noun, difficulty, pain, tenderness, ache)
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