| adversity(noun, trouble, difficulty, pain, struggle) |
| asperity(noun, difficulty, mess, hardship) |
| awkward situation(noun, expression, bad, difficulty, confusion) |
| bad luck(noun, expression, trouble, difficulty, drag) |
| bad news(noun, expression, trouble, worry, difficulty) |
| bummer(noun, trouble, difficulty, drag, hardship) |
| calamity(noun, trouble, difficulty, drag, hardship) |
| can of worms(noun, expression, idiom, trouble, dispute) |
| catastrophe(noun, trouble, difficulty, drag, hardship) |
| circumstance(noun, difficulty, mess, hardship) |
| condition(noun, trouble, difficulty, mess, hardship) |
| deadlock(noun, trouble, difficulty, pain, struggle) |
| destitution(noun, trouble, difficulty, confusion, shame) |
| difficult situation(noun, expression, difficulty, mess, hardship) |
| disaster(noun, trouble, difficulty, drag, hardship) |
| downer(noun, trouble, difficulty, drag, hardship) |
| extremity(noun, trouble, fix, pass, distress) |
| hang-up(noun, worry, difficulty, distress, anxiety) |
| hard knocks(noun, expression, trouble, difficulty, drag) |
| hard time(noun, expression, trouble, difficulty, drag) |