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harshness(noun, difficulty, severity, conformity, strictness)
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infliction(noun, adversity)
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load(noun, trouble, bother, blow, distress)
2
ordeals
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pang(noun, trouble, care, pain, shame)
2
perplexity(noun, trouble, care, pain, cross)
2
plight(noun, difficulty, burden, suffering, predicament)
2
poverty(noun, depression, sadness, gloom, unhappiness)
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predicament(noun, predicament)
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problem(noun, difficulty, distress, burden, depression)
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roughness(noun, difficulty, severity, harshness, conformity)
2
severity(noun, difficulty, harshness, conformity, strictness)
2
standard(noun, check, approval, examination, trial)
2
struggle(noun, trouble, test, suffering, grind)
2
travail
2
trial by ordeal(noun, expression, idiom)
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upheaval(noun, commotion, astonishment, amazement)
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verification(noun, check, approval, examination, standard)
2
wearying(noun, difficulty)
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Abaddon(noun, difficulty, misery, grave, nightmare)
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