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blue funk(noun, expression, trouble, worry, distress)
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bummer(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
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coolness(noun, severity)
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darkness(noun, shade, dimness, blackness)
2
desert(noun, desolation, harshness, isolation, devastation)
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devastation(noun, harshness, isolation, drabness, barrenness)
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dolefulness(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
2
dolor(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
2
downheartedness(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
2
dryness(noun, severity)
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glumness(noun, hopelessness)
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grief(noun, distress, sorrow, depression, melancholy)
2
inclemency
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joylessness(misery, unhappiness)
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lamentation(woe, lachryma, waterworks)
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moroseness(noun, hopelessness, gloominess, dreariness)
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mournfulness(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, misery)
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nip
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pain(despair, despondency, desperation)
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pathos
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