• wars bring misery in their wake
• destitute, distressed, pauper, wanting
• to rough it, to shuffle
• cripple, crippled, disabled, game, gammy, handicapped, lame
• abject, bally, blankety-blank, bum, damn, damned, godforsaken, miserable, to be fucked up, wretch, wretched
• affliction, distress, extremity, grief, misery, penury
• abject, dingy, miserable, pelting, piteous, pitiable, pokey, poky, seedy, sorry, squalid, tin-pot, woeful