Setback
Setback noun - A change in status for the worse usually temporarily.
Trouble and setback are semantically related. in disappointment topic. In some cases you can use "Trouble" instead a noun "Setback".
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| considerable | considerable setback | considerable trouble |
| severe | severe setback | severe trouble |
| massive | massive setback | massive trouble |
| big | big setback | big trouble |
| Other adjectives: great, serious, huge, little, slight, bad, permanent, major, immediate, mental, possible, minor, least, slightest, significant, financial, biggest. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- Super Drowning Skills: A setback of Shikotsumyaku, due to the bone density and their bodies being heavier, they have trouble swimming and when Naruto is knocked into water he almost drowns.
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Karma Houdini Warranty: After being the main antagonists in the last game and causing a whole bunch of trouble for the cast and never suffering any sort of setback in their plans, karma comes and bites Hazama and Relius right in the ass in this game.
- After being the main antagonists in BlazBlue: Continuum Shift and causing a whole bunch of trouble for the cast and never suffering any sort of setback in their plans, karma comes and bites Hazama and Relius right in the ass in Blaz Blue Chrono Phantasma.
Source: Karma Houdini Warranty
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Trouble and Setback. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/setback/trouble
Setback & Trouble. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/setback/trouble>.
Trouble or Setback. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/setback/trouble.
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