8
torment(noun, verb, upset, trouble, hurt)
8
itch(noun, verb, desire, urge, want)
8
pity(verb, agree, experience, informal, feelings)
8
sorrow(noun, verb, trouble, worry, passion)
8
thirst(noun, verb, desire, fancy, urge)
8
trouble(noun, upset, weak, disorder, disturb)
8
wish(noun, verb, desire, fancy, urge)
7
ail(noun, upset, trouble, get, hurt)
7
compassionate(verb, agree, experience, feelings, understand)
7
sore(noun, verb, damage, harm, pain)
6
cramp(noun, verb, trouble, hurt, damage)
6
grieve(verb, upset, get, hurt, disturb)
6
wound(noun, verb, upset, trouble, hurt)
6
disease(noun, disorder, sick, sickness, affliction)
6
long for(verb, expression, phrasal verb, desire, sorrow)
6
passion(noun, worry, desire, pain, depression)
6
sigh(verb, desire, sorrow, want, cry)
6
wrench(noun, verb, worry, strain, anxiety)
5
crave(verb, desire, fancy, want, need)
5
rack(noun, verb, upset, trouble, hurt)
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