| oppression(noun, trouble, worry, difficulty, lack) |
| pauperism(distress, plight, impoverishment) |
| pennilessness(distress, plight, impoverishment) |
| penuriousness(distress, plight, impoverishment) |
| peril(noun, trouble, worry, difficulty, lack) |
| persecution(noun, trouble, worry, difficulty, lack) |
| plight(distress, impoverishment) |
| setback(noun, hardship, misfortune, unluckiness) |
| sorrow(noun, trouble, worry, difficulty, lack) |
| suffering(noun, trouble, worry, difficulty, lack) |
| throe(noun, trouble, drag, hardship, jam) |
| tight situation(expression, distress, plight, impoverishment) |
| toil(noun, trouble, worry, difficulty, lack) |
| torment(noun, trouble, worry, difficulty, lack) |
| travail(noun, trouble, worry, difficulty, lack) |
| trial(noun, trouble, difficulty, lack, torment) |
| tribulation(noun, trouble, worry, difficulty, lack) |
| trouble(noun, difficulty, lack, torment, drag) |
| underdevelopment(distress, plight, impoverishment) |
| unluckiness(misfortune, setback) |