6
tragedy(noun, disaster, catastrophe, misfortune, calamity)
5
adversity(noun, shock, failure, disaster, catastrophe)
5
misfortune(noun, shock, failure, disaster, catastrophe)
4
calamity(noun, shock, failure, disaster, catastrophe)
4
catastrophe(noun, shock, failure, disaster, misfortune)
4
mischance(noun, shock, failure, disaster, catastrophe)
4
mishap(noun, shock, failure, disaster, catastrophe)
3
accident(noun, misfortune)
3
affliction(noun, shock, failure, disaster, catastrophe)
3
bad luck(noun, expression, idiom, shock, failure)
3
cataclysm(noun, shock, failure, disaster, catastrophe)
3
failure(noun, shock, disaster, catastrophe, misfortune)
3
hardship(noun, shock, failure, disaster, catastrophe)
3
misadventure(noun, shock, failure, disaster, catastrophe)
3
reverse(noun, shock, failure, disaster, catastrophe)
3
setback(noun, misfortune)
2
blight(shock, failure, disaster, catastrophe, calamity)
2
blow(noun, shock, informal, failure, disaster)
2
debacle(noun, misfortune)
2
disaster(noun, shock, failure, catastrophe, calamity)
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