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Noun
▲
Severe suffering, difficulty or privation
suffering
adversity
difficulty
trouble
austerity
misery
misfortune
affliction
calamity
destitution
privation
tribulation
burden
grievance
oppression
persecution
torment
want
deprivation
discomfort
need
neediness
penury
trial
beggary
hassle
impecuniosity
impecuniousness
pain
asperity
disaster
distress
hardness
hazard
poverty
rigourUK
rigorUS
ruin
ruination
trials
wretchedness
accident
catastrophe
curse
danger
drudgery
grief
injury
laborUS
labourUK
lack
mischance
peril
sorrow
toil
travail
travails
vicissitude
worry
fatigue
dire straits
hard knocks
trials and tribulations
rotten luck
tough break
tough luck
uphill battle
financial distress
rainy day
Herculean task
more ❯
“In spite of the hardship suffered by the shipless crew, everyone still pressed on with their assignments.”
Noun
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A condition of extreme adversity
extremity
crisis
emergency
exigency
juncture
crunch
crossroads
head
clutch
conjuncture
Dunkirk
tinderbox
predicament
trouble
dilemma
plight
difficulty
mess
disaster
adversity
pickle
catastrophe
distress
calamity
fix
hole
jam
setback
bind
cataclysm
pinch
scrape
misfortune
hell
stew
reversal
spot
reverse
destitution
indigence
boiling point
breaking point
zero hour
flash point
crunch time
dire straits
hot water
sticky situation
hard times
deep water
hell on earth
spot of bother
extreme suffering
more ❯
Noun
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Prolonged cruel or unjust treatment, especially through the exercise of authority
tyranny
subjugation
suppression
cruelty
despotism
authoritarianism
domination
harshness
subjection
severity
brutality
persecution
repression
control
maltreatment
ruthlessness
suffering
abuse
abusiveness
injustice
torment
oppression
coercion
dictatorship
enslavement
exploitation
harassment
injury
misery
pain
anguish
autocracy
calamity
compulsion
conquering
fascism
force
forcibleness
subduing
hardness
bullying
oppressiveness
strictness
terrorism
totality
unjustness
unreasonableness
harsh discipline
high-handedness
ill treatment
ill-treatment
iron hand
martial law
mistreatment
harm
damage
hurt
neglect
torture
rough handling
misuse
manhandling
punishment
mishandling
beating
molestation
violation
ill use
censorship
constraint
ill-use
martyrdom
cruciation
crucifixion
harsh treatment
infliction of pain
violence
assault
wronging
malevolence
offenseUS
defilement
hitting
doing over
striking
roughing up
offenceUK
spoiling
injuring
interference
indecent assault
assaulting
rough treatment
beating up
wrong
impairment
mauling
ill usage
bad treatment
ill-usage
Noun
▲
Something that blocks one's way or hinders progress
obstacle
barrier
hindrance
hurdle
block
impediment
handicap
obstruction
snag
difficulty
bar
deterrent
hitch
catch
drawback
burden
check
complication
limitation
problem
restraint
setback
blockade
cumbrance
curb
disadvantage
impedance
inconvenience
interference
restriction
trammel
albatross
baggage
balkUS
barricade
baulkUK
clog
cramp
crimp
drag
encumbrance
facer
fetter
glitch
hazard
hiccup
holdback
inhibition
manacle
preventive
shackles
stop
blockage
bump
cumber
embarrassment
gridlock
millstone
uphill
chain
disincentive
hamper
hampering
interruption
joker
let
rub
fly in the ointment
monkey wrench
spanner in the works
catch-22
hang-up
monkey wrench in the works
sticking point
stumbling block
jam-up
ball and chain
mountain to climb
booby trap
more ❯
Noun
▲
Violent or forcible action used to coerce someone into doing something against their will
duress
pressure
coercion
compulsion
force
intimidation
enforcement
pressurisationUK
pressurizationUS
threats
violence
exaction
threat
control
arm-twisting
constraint
oppression
obligation
harassment
influence
demand
insistence
persuasion
bullying
driving
spur
impulsion
requirement
force majeure
strong-arm tactics
more ❯
Noun
▲
Physical harm that impairs the value, usefulness, or normal function of something
damage
harm
injury
destruction
detriment
impairment
devastation
hurt
loss
mutilation
ruin
defacement
defilement
desecration
disfigurement
scarring
suffering
vandalism
vandalization
wreckage
affliction
attrition
battering
crushing
deterioration
erosion
friction
havoc
shattering
vitiation
wrecking
abrasion
abuse
annihilation
corrosion
debasement
degeneration
detrition
ill
ruination
spoilage
adulteration
breakage
corruption
depreciation
deprivation
evil
infliction
marring
mishap
waste
accident
adversity
bane
blemish
blow
bruise
casualty
catastrophe
contamination
disservice
disturbance
illness
knockout
mischief
outrage
pollution
ravage
ruining
wound
wrong
cave-in
wear and tear
more ❯
Noun
▲
Tests of someone's abilities or internal fortitude
challenges
tasks
duties
responsibilities
burdens
jobs
obligations
trials
functions
missions
onuses
pains
undertakings
work
assignments
chores
inconvenience
bothers
callings
charges
exercises
gauntlets
headaches
loads
tests
troubles
albatrosses
efforts
Idiom
▲
Series of trials
broken road
adversity
difficulty
trial
trials and tribulations
tribulation
burden
ordeal
problem
setback
test
tragedy
trouble
worry
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