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fascism(noun, misery, hardship, cruelty, domination)
6
hardness(noun, misery, hardship, cruelty, domination)
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injury(noun, trouble, worry, difficulty, lack)
6
load(noun, charge, worry, strain, anxiety)
5
affliction(noun, charge, worry, abuse, strain)
5
constraint(noun, subjection)
5
dejection(noun, depression, melancholy, sadness, gloom)
5
force(noun, worry, strain, anxiety, burden)
5
hardship(noun, charge, worry, pass, strain)
5
iron hand(noun, expression, idiom, misery, hardship)
5
maltreatment(noun, wrong, damage, abuse, harm)
5
misery(noun, trouble, worry, distress, anxiety)
5
torture(noun, harassment)
5
weight(noun, trouble, worry, strain, anxiety)
4
burden(noun, charge, worry, strain, distress)
4
compulsion(noun, force, pressure, misery, hardship)
4
distress(noun, trouble, worry, anxiety, sorrow)
4
domineering(adjective, severity)
4
grievance(noun, trouble, worry, wrong, slight)
4
low spirits(noun, expression, idiom, sorrow, depression)
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