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Noun

Severe suffering, difficulty or privation

The characteristic of being needy

A setback, or change for the worse

(count noun) A feeling of worry or anxiety

Something that blocks one's way or hinders progress

Prolonged cruel or unjust treatment, especially through the exercise of authority

Threats, violence, constraints, or other action used to coerce someone into doing something against their will or better judgement

Tests of someone's abilities or internal fortitude

Series of trials

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Severe suffering, difficulty or privation

rigour^UK

rigor^US

labor^US

labour^UK

trials and tribulations

unwanted responsibility

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“In spite of the hardship suffered by the shipless crew, everyone still pressed on with their assignments.”

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The characteristic of being needy

straitened circumstances

disadvantage

reduced circumstances

hand-to-mouth existence

life on the breadline

abridgment^US

abridgement^UK

being able to do with

being short of

being without

being deficient in

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A setback, or change for the worse

labour^UK

labor^US

rigor^US

rigour^UK

problematic situation

endeavor^US

endeavour^UK

unfortunate situation

trials and tribulations

unpleasant experience

offense^US

offence^UK

pretty kettle of fish

a difficult situation

blot on the landscape

vigour^UK

vigor^US

blood, sweat and tears

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(count noun) A feeling of worry or anxiety

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Noun

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Something that blocks one's way or hinders progress

balk^US

baulk^UK

monkey wrench in the works

millstone around your neck

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Prolonged cruel or unjust treatment, especially through the exercise of authority

totalitarian government

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Threats, violence, constraints, or other action used to coerce someone into doing something against their will or better judgement

terrorizing^US

demanding money with menaces

terrorising^UK

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Tests of someone's abilities or internal fortitude

Idiom

Series of trials

trials and tribulations

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