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affliction
n. a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity
affliction
n. a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health
affliction
n. a cause of great suffering and distress
scourge, curse, affliction, bane, nemesis
n. something causes misery or death; "the bane of my life"
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wretchedness
n. the quality of being poor and inferior and sorry; "he has compiled a record second to none in its wretchedness"
suffering, woe
n. misery resulting from affliction
misfortune, bad luck, tough luck, ill luck
n. an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes
visitation
n. any disaster or catastrophe; "a visitation of the plague"
ailment, complaint, ill
n. an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
disorder, upset
n. a physical 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"
infirmity, frailty, debility, feebleness, frailness, valetudinarianism
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, shape
n. the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape')
circumstance
n. formal ceremony about important occasions; "pomp and circumstance"
disorder
n. a disturbance of the peace or of public order
disability, disablement, handicap, impairment
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"
adversity, hardship, hard knocks
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, tough luck, ill luck
n. an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes
pass, strait, straits
n. a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, 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, trial by ordeal
n. a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence
plague
n. an annoyance; "those children are a damn plague"
enemy, foe, foeman, opposition
n. an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies"
antagonist
n. a drug that neutralizes or counteracts the effects of another drug
rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender
n. the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
poison, toxicant, poisonous substance
n. any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism
calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"
ruin, ruination
n. an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction; "you have brought ruin on this entire family"
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