Cantofish: bumpy (road); rough; fig. down on one's luck; full of frustrations and dashed hopes
MDBG: bumpy (of a road); rough (of life); to be down on one's luck; to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes
LDC: frustrated
CDict: '
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