| pain in the neck(expression, idiom, difficulty, hardship, misfortune) |
| personal burden(expression, trouble, difficulty, lack, torment) |
| pickle(noun, trouble, difficulty, want, drag) |
| pinch(noun, trouble, difficulty, want, drag) |
| poison(difficulty, hardship, misfortune) |
| poverty(noun, trouble, difficulty, distress, want) |
| privation(noun, trouble, worry, difficulty, want) |
| rainy day(expression, trouble, difficulty, lack, torment) |
| raw deal(noun, expression, hardship, misfortune, luck) |
| reverse(blow, difficulty, cross, failure, hardship) |
| rigor(noun, trouble, worry, difficulty, want) |
| rotten break(expression, hardship, misfortune, setback, unluckiness) |
| scrape(noun, trouble, difficulty, want, drag) |
| setback(blow, cross, failure, disaster, trial) |
| situation(difficulty, hardship, misfortune) |
| sorrow(trouble, difficulty, lack, torment, hardship) |
| star-crossed(miserable, wretched, unfortunate, doomed, unsuccessful) |
| straits(noun, trouble, difficulty, distress, want) |
| suffering(trouble, difficulty, lack, torment, hardship) |
| ticklish spot(noun, expression, trouble, difficulty, distress) |