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affliction

n. a cause of great suffering and distress

affliction

n. a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health

affliction

n. a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity

scourge, curse, bane, nemesis

n. something causes misery or death; "the bane of my life"

disaster, tragedy, calamity, catastrophe, cataclysm

n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"

adversity

n. a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event; "a period marked by adversities"

ordeal

n. a severe or trying experience

complaint, ailment, ill

n. an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining

upset, disorder

n. condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning; "the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder"; "everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time"

frailty, feebleness, infirmity, debility, frailness

n. the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)

disease

n. an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning

condition, status

n. a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"

condition, consideration, circumstance

n. information that should be kept in mind when making a decision; "another consideration is the time it would take"

disorder

n. a disturbance of the peace or of public order

impairment, handicap, disability, disablement

n. the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; "reading disability"; "hearing impairment"

disadvantage

n. the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position

difficulty

n. a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome; "grappling with financial difficulties"

hardship, adversity

n. a state of misfortune or affliction; "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship"

challenge

n. a demanding or stimulating situation; "they reacted irrationally to the challenge of Russian power"

crisis

n. an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty; "they went bankrupt during the economic crisis"

emergency

n. a state in which martial law applies; "the governor declared a state of emergency"

misfortune, bad luck, ill luck

n. an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes

pass, straits, strait

n. a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs

misery, wretchedness

n. a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune; "the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable"

suffering, woe

n. misery resulting from affliction

misfortune, bad luck, ill luck

n. an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes

visitation, trial, cross, tribulation

n. an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event; "his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him"; "life is full of tribulations"; "a visitation of the plague"

plague, pestilence

n. a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal

opposition, enemy, opponent

n. a personal enemy; "they had been political foes for years"

adversary, antagonist, opponent

n. someone who offers opposition

rival, challenger, competitor, contender

n. the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"

poison

n. any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism

disaster, tragedy, calamity, catastrophe, cataclysm

n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"

devastation, ruin, desolation

n. the state of being decayed or destroyed

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