| ill-starred(miserable, wretched, black, unfortunate, doomed) |
| ill fortune(expression, difficulty, hardship, misfortune, adversity) |
| inauspicious(miserable, wretched, unfortunate, doomed, unsuccessful) |
| inconvenience(blow, cross, failure, disaster, trial) |
| indigence(noun, trouble, difficulty, want, drag) |
| infelicity(blow, cross, failure, disaster, trial) |
| jam(noun, trouble, difficulty, situation, suffering) |
| jinx(difficulty, hardship, misfortune) |
| kiss of death(expression, idiom, difficulty, hardship, misfortune) |
| loss(blow, cross, failure, disaster, trial) |
| luckless(miserable, wretched, unfortunate, doomed, unsuccessful) |
| misadventure(blow, cross, failure, disaster, trial) |
| mischance(noun, trouble, blow, burden, shame) |
| misery(trouble, difficulty, lack, torment, disaster) |
| mishap(noun, trouble, difficulty, shame, cross) |
| need(noun, trouble, worry, difficulty, want) |
| nuisance(blow, cross, failure, disaster, trial) |
| ominous(miserable, wretched, black, unfortunate, doomed) |
| on the skids(expression, idiom, difficulty, hardship, misfortune) |
| out of luck(expression, miserable, wretched, unfortunate, doomed) |