452 entries under noun topic. ×

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