| sad situation(noun, expression, shame, disappointment) | |
| shame(noun, disappointment) | |
| sin(noun, shame, disappointment) | |
| stroke of bad luck(expression, idiom, blow, cross, failure) | |
| throe(trouble, drag, hardship, jam, adversity) | |
| tight situation(expression, distress, plight, impoverishment) | |
| toil(trouble, difficulty, lack, torment, adversity) | |
| torment(trouble, difficulty, lack, adversity, privation) | |
| torture | |
| torturous | |
| tough going | |
| tough sledding | |
| travail(trouble, difficulty, lack, torment, adversity) | |
| underdevelopment(distress, plight, impoverishment) | |
| unfortunate(miserable, wretched, doomed, unsuccessful) | |
| unlucky(adjective, unfortunate, doomed) | |
| worriment(adversity, heartache) |
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