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Noun
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Issues or things that need to be resolved
problems
issues
dilemmas
obstacles
troubles
headaches
pickles
predicaments
quandaries
catch-22s
hassles
hindrances
hurdles
misfortunes
obstructions
plights
worries
bugbears
burdens
catches
disputes
downsides
drawbacks
messes
perplexities
questions
adversities
botherations
worriments
boxes
challenges
complications
difficulties
doubts
glitches
hitches
scrapes
snags
squeezes
teething troubles
cans of worms
hot water
more ❯
Noun
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Plural for an obstacle, delay, or disadvantage
hitches
checks
glitches
blows
disappointment
reverses
upset
reversal
delays
knocks
complication
issues
misfortune
mishaps
problems
whammies
defeats
difficulty
hiccups
hindrances
impediments
lapses
obstructions
rebuffs
backsets
baths
bottom
bummers
comedowns
foil
holdups
obstacles
regresses
regression
slowdowns
trouble
challenges
hold-ups
about-faces
body blows
flip-flops
knock-backs
double whammies
stumbling blocks
drawing boards
kicks in the teeth
reversals of fortune
more ❯
“The decision will be seen as a serious setback to the team's hopes of progressing to the Euro 2004 finals in Portugal.”
Noun
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Plural for an unfortunate condition or event
misfortune
trouble
affliction
adversity
disasters
tribulations
hardship
calamities
catastrophes
mishaps
tragedy
difficulty
trials
blows
misadventure
problems
misery
burdens
woe
reverses
accident
failure
sorrow
mischances
debacles
bummers
worry
disappointment
cataclysms
issues
harm
nuisances
contretemps
knocks
whammies
inconvenience
crosses
loss
anxiety
ills
annoyance
disadvantages
discomfort
casualties
crunches
infelicity
visitation
unpleasantness
dole
unluck
mishappenings
bad luck
ill luck
strokes of bad luck
tough luck
bad news
skid rows
more ❯
Noun
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Plural for a hindrance or obstruction in doing something
impediments
hindrances
obstacles
obstructions
hurdles
handicaps
deterrents
blocks
encumbrances
bar
snags
barriers
inhibition
hitches
drawbacks
trammels
fetters
difficulty
checks
cramps
stops
restriction
restraint
problems
limitation
crimps
drag
curbs
manacles
catch
interference
disadvantages
chains
holdbacks
hiccups
baulksUK
balksUS
clogs
embarrassment
lets
weaknesses
issues
stoppages
defects
hazard
blockages
flaws
burdens
brakes
delays
facers
millstones
detriments
barricades
faults
strictures
holdups
shackles
prohibition
retardation
walls
retardments
rubs
impairment
loads
bottlenecks
disablement
disorder
stumbling blocks
catch-22s
flies in the ointment
spanners in the works
dead weight
red tape
more ❯
Noun
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Plural for a condition of extreme adversity
extremities
crises
emergencies
exigencies
junctures
crunches
crossroads
head
clutches
conjunctures
tinderboxes
predicaments
trouble
dilemmas
plights
difficulty
messes
disasters
adversity
hardship
pickles
catastrophes
distress
calamities
fixes
holes
jam
binds
cataclysms
pinches
scrapes
misfortune
hell
stew
reversal
spots
reverses
destitution
indigence
boiling point
breaking point
zero hours
flash points
crunch time
dire straits
hot water
deep water
hell on earth
more ❯
Noun
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Plural for the emotion of not having one's expectations met
letdowns
disappointment
dissatisfaction
disgruntlement
frustration
dismay
chagrin
discouragement
comedowns
anticlimaxes
disillusionment
washouts
blows
bummers
failure
flops
bringdowns
damp squibs
bitter pills
Noun
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Plural for the act of retarding or delaying
retardation
delays
holdups
waits
stoppages
stalls
lag
suspension
letups
retardments
intervals
stops
detention
downtime
detainment
checks
stays
logjams
jam
surceases
filibusters
holdings
prorogations
hindrances
impediments
obstructions
showstoppers
hangups
binds
obstacles
problems
adjournments
cunctation
dawdlings
demurrals
discontinuation
impedance
lingerings
loitering
moratoriums
postponement
procrastination
remission
reprieves
tarryings
hold-ups
tie-ups
holding patterns
cooling-off periods
Noun
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Plural for an amount of money spent on something
outlay
costs
expenditure
charge
prices
expense
payment
amounts
disbursement
sums
spendings
damage
tabs
outgos
investments
scores
tunes
bites
price tags
bottom line
overhead
figures
rates
payouts
splurges
consumption
outflows
outgoings
ransom
fees
more ❯
Noun
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Plural for a deterioration in state or health
relapses
deterioration
descent
falls
weakening
drops
downturns
decline
degeneration
worsening
loss
sinkings
wanings
falling
slippings
falls from grace
Noun
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Plural for the prevention of the progress, success, or fulfillment of something
frustration
blocking
foilings
spoilings
thwartings
obstructions
circumvention
defeats
failure
stoppings
checkings
crushing
dashing
derailments
disappointment
forestallings
quashings
bafflings
collapses
cripplings
curbings
founderings
hamperings
impediments
stiflings
blows
contraventions
hindrances
nonfulfillments
nonfulfilment
prevention
unfulfillment
disturbance
nonsuccess
Noun
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Plural for the state of being vanquished
vanquishment
beatings
routs
trouncings
drubbings
overthrows
massacres
licking
shellackings
thrashings
annihilation
whipping
slaughter
subjugation
conquest
loss
trashings
waxing
trimmings
embarrassment
mastery
collapses
killing
destruction
downthrows
falls
reverses
whitewashings
debacles
triumph
whaling
failure
blows
exterminations
ambushes
defeasances
lacings
paddlings
rebuffs
repulses
ruin
scalpings
breakdowns
KOs
nonsuccess
discomfiture
breaks
checks
counts
insuccess
traps
more ❯
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