2
pessimism(noun, hopelessness)
2
poignancy(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, misery)
2
rigour
2
sorrow(noun, trouble, worry, distress, depression)
2
unhappiness(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
1
abasement(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
1
abjection(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
1
abjectness(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
1
abruptness(noun, severity)
1
absolute zero
1
acerbity(noun, severity)
1
acuteness(noun, severity)
1
astringency(noun, severity)
1
authoritarianism(noun, severity)
1
blue devils(noun, expression, sorrow, depression, melancholy)
1
bluntness(noun, severity)
1
briskness(noun, severity)
1
broken heart(noun, expression, sorrow, depression, melancholy)
1
brusqueness(noun, severity)
1
causticity(noun, severity)
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