bad news

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
46 Moby Thesaurus words for "bad news":
      aggravation, annoyance, bad child, bad example, bad man,
      bad person, bad woman, bedevilment, bore, bother, botheration,
      bothersomeness, crashing bore, devilment, difficulty, disreputable,
      disreputable person, dogging, downer, drag, evangel, exasperation,
      glad tidings, good news, good word, gospel, harassment, harrying,
      headache, hounding, molestation, nuisance, objectionable person,
      persecution, persona non grata, pest, problem, trial, trouble,
      unacceptable person, undesirable, unworthy, vexation,
      vexatiousness, worriment, worry