37
disaster(noun, upset, trouble, help, ruin)
32
calamity(noun, upset, trouble, help, ruin)
28
misfortune(noun, upset, trouble, ruin, evil)
27
catastrophe(noun, upset, trouble, help, ruin)
21
adversity(noun, trouble, ruin, evil, blow)
21
cataclysm(noun, trouble, help, ruin, blow)
17
misadventure(noun, upset, trouble, ruin, blow)
16
woe(noun, trouble, ruin, distress, sadness)
15
mishap(noun, upset, trouble, ruin, evil)
14
accident(noun, evil, blow, cross, failure)
13
curse(noun, distress, burden, sadness, disaster)
13
drama(noun, feature, performance, show, play)
13
tragic drama(expression, work, play, drama)
12
affliction(noun, upset, trouble, ruin, blow)
12
trouble(noun, ruin, blow, distress, cross)
11
mischance(noun, blow, cross, disaster, hardship)
11
casualty(noun, upset, trouble, ruin, evil)
10
distress(noun, sadness, disaster, catastrophe, anguish)
9
hardship(noun, trouble, ruin, blow, distress)
9
contretemps(noun, blow, cross, failure, disaster)
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