5
ordeal(noun, trouble, bother, blow, difficulty)
5
scourge(noun, trouble, help, cause, ruin)
5
vexation(noun, trouble, charge, bother, worry)
4
alas(interjection, lamentation, oh, unfortunately)
4
bad luck(noun, expression, idiom, pain, failure)
4
bummer(noun, distress, pain, sorrow, depression)
4
concern(noun, trouble, worry, distress, anxiety)
4
downer(noun, distress, shock, pain, struggle)
3
angst(noun, pain, sorrow, torment, misery)
3
bemoaning(noun, trouble, worry, distress, pain)
3
broken heart(noun, expression, idiom, pain, sorrow)
3
contretemps(noun, shock, failure, disaster, catastrophe)
3
cross(noun, trouble, difficulty, care, burden)
3
damage(immorality, wickedness, evilness)
3
destruction(trouble, ruin, burden, misery, wickedness)
3
difficulty(noun, trouble, worry, blow, distress)
3
discomfort(noun, trouble, worry, passion, concern)
3
doldrums(noun, depression, melancholy, sadness, gloom)
3
dole(noun, trouble, worry, concern, distress)
3
dolefulness(noun, distress, sorrow, depression, melancholy)
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