6
distress(noun, trouble, worry, passion, concern)
6
drag(noun, trouble, bother, strain, difficulty)
6
inconvenience(noun, trouble, strain, difficulty, mess)
6
torment(noun, trouble, worry, passion, concern)
5
aching(noun, pain, physical pain, throbbing)
5
agony(noun, trouble, worry, passion, distress)
5
botheration(noun, trouble, bother, strain, dispute)
5
burden(noun, business, work, concern, distress)
5
earache(noun, pain, physical pain)
5
megrim(noun, migraine)
5
suffering(noun, trouble, worry, passion, distress)
4
aggravation(noun, trouble, strain, difficulty, disturbance)
4
angina
4
anguish(noun, trouble, worry, passion, concern)
4
can of worms(noun, expression, idiom, trouble, dispute)
4
discomfort(noun, trouble, worry, passion, care)
4
harassment(noun, sickness, ache, anguishes)
4
plague(noun, trouble, bother, concern, strain)
4
stomachache(noun, pain, sickness, ache, anguishes)
4
task(noun, job, duty, commission, mission)
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