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bane(noun, hurt, damage, harm, injury)
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calamity(noun, disaster, adversity, upheaval)
4
catastrophe(noun, hurt, damage, harm, disaster)
4
distress(noun, pain, adversity)
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impairment(noun, hurt, wrong, damage, abuse)
4
irritation(noun, pain, annoyance)
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judgment(noun, punishment, fate, doom)
4
misery(noun, pain, disaster, adversity, calamity)
4
penalty(noun, abuse, stick, discipline, reprimand)
4
pestilence(noun, disease, plague, blight)
4
vexation(noun, pain, irritation, annoyance)
3
bitter pill(expression, idiom, pain, adversity)
3
blight(noun, plague, adversity)
3
castigation(noun, abuse, discipline, reprimand, sanction)
3
disease(noun, disease)
3
grief(noun, pain, disaster, adversity, calamity)
3
hardship(noun, hurt, damage, harm, disaster)
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nemesis(noun, opponent, bane, archenemy)
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nuisance(noun, person, pain, irritation, annoyance)
3
pain in the neck(noun, expression, idiom, pain, irritation)
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