1
asperity(trouble, worry, difficulty, lack, torment)
1
austerity(trouble, worry, difficulty, lack, torment)
1
autocracy(noun, abuse, misery, suffering, hardship)
1
bad luck(expression, reverse, trial, suffering, misfortune)
1
bad news
1
badgering(annoyance, nuisance, pestering)
1
banishment(noun, torture, oppression, affliction, harassment)
1
barbarism(noun, violence, severity, torture, cruelty)
1
barbarity(noun, violence, severity, torture, cruelty)
1
bashing(noun, torture, oppression, affliction, harassment)
1
bestiality(noun, violence, severity, torture, cruelty)
1
black and blue(noun, expression, idiom, damage, harm)
1
bloodthirstiness(noun, violence, severity, torture, cruelty)
1
blow(noun, damage, harm, distress, pain)
1
boo-boo(noun, damage, harm, pain, suffering)
1
botheration
1
bothersomeness
1
brutality(noun, abuse, violence, misery, suffering)
1
brutishness(noun, violence, severity, torture, cruelty)
1
calamity(noun, trouble, worry, abuse, want)
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