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plague(noun, verb, trouble, help, attack)
8
smart(noun, verb, upset, trouble, hurt)
8
sting(noun, verb, upset, disturb, distress)
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uneasiness(noun, worry, concern, anxiety, shame)
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wear black(verb, expression, action, desire, pain)
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woefulness(noun, sadness, misery, unhappiness, dejection)
8
wound(noun, verb, state, upset, cut)
8
wring hands(verb, expression, action, desire, pain)
7
hell(noun, place, difficulty, distress, pain)
7
care(noun, trouble, bother, worry, concern)
7
carry a heavy load(verb, expression, idiom, action, trouble)
7
cut to the quick(verb, expression, idiom, action, upset)
7
distress oneself(verb, expression, action, trouble, bother)
7
get into a dither(verb, expression, idiom, action, trouble)
7
hit where one lives(verb, expression, idiom, action, upset)
7
hurting(noun, state, feeling, worry, passion)
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joylessness(noun, dejection, discontentment)
7
lose sleep over(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, action)
7
martyrdom(noun, distress, pain, sorrow, torment)
7
ordeal(noun, upset, trouble, bother, blow)
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