A period or time where there is little activity, productivity, low income etc.
A drawn-out period where the weather has been dry, for an abnormally long time; shorter and not as severe as a drought.
A period of time without sexual intercourse.
poverty.
A bodily ache or pain.
Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.
Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.