247 entries under noun topic. ×

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necessity(pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
10
beggary(pass, difficulty, distress, condition)
10
insolvency(pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
9
difficulty(trouble, pass, distress, confusion)
9
famine(pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
9
hardship(trouble, pass, difficulty, distress)
9
impecuniousness(pass, difficulty, distress, condition)
9
misery(trouble, depression, want, sadness)
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exigency(trouble, difficulty, want, need)
8
scarceness(weakness, condition, failure, lack)
7
meagerness(pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
7
meagreness
7
pennilessness(pass, difficulty, distress, condition)
7
pinch(trouble, pass, difficulty, distress)
6
deficit(pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
6
embarrassment(shame, humiliation, awkwardness, blushing)
5
mendicancy
5
scantness(weakness, condition, failure, excess)
5
sparseness(lack, scarcity, insufficiency, scantiness)
5
straits(trouble, pass, difficulty, distress)
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