5
downheartedness(noun, distress, depression, melancholy, sadness)
5
dread(anxiety, nervousness, restlessness)
5
eat one's heart out(expression, action, pain, suffering)
5
ennui(noun, dejection, discontentment)
5
glumness(noun, melancholy, sadness, misery, unhappiness)
5
injury(noun, pain)
5
irritation(noun, trouble, bother, concern, blow)
5
malaise(noun, trouble, worry, anxiety, care)
5
mourning(noun, trouble, worry, distress, pain)
5
soreness(noun, pain, sickness, ache, anguishes)
5
travail(noun, struggle, sorrow, effort, sickness)
4
crucifixion(noun, torment, punishment, torture, death)
4
adversity(noun, trouble, blow, difficulty, distress)
4
blues(noun, trouble, worry, passion, distress)
4
boredom(noun, discontentment)
4
bruise(noun, pain)
4
despondence(noun, distress, depression, melancholy, gloom)
4
discipline(noun, verb, punish, punishment)
4
disturb(verb, upset, trouble, worry, distress)
4
fear(noun, charge, worry, concern, strain)
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