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emptiness(noun, desolation, isolation, barrenness, desolateness)
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desolation(noun, trouble, area, worry, distress)
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gloominess(noun, trouble, worry, shade, distress)
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gloom(noun, trouble, worry, shade, distress)
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depression(noun, distress, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
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harshness(noun, severity, roughness, emptiness, drabness)
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severity(noun, severity, harshness)
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bareness(noun, severity, harshness, isolation, devastation)
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bitterness(noun, coldness)
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cheerlessness(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
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sadness(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
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sharpness(noun, severity, roughness)
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barrenness(noun, severity, desolation, harshness, isolation)
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dejection(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
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despair(noun, distress, sorrow, sadness, gloom)
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desperation(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
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despondency(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
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dreariness(noun, trouble, worry, shade, distress)
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heartbreak(noun, pain, sorrow, depression, melancholy)
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hopelessness(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
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