56 entries under despair topic. ×

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desolation(noun, trouble, area, worry, distress)
8
gloominess(noun, trouble, worry, shade, distress)
7
gloom(noun, trouble, worry, shade, distress)
6
depression(noun, distress, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
5
cheerlessness(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
5
sadness(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
4
dejection(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
4
desperation(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
4
despondency(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
4
dreariness(noun, trouble, worry, shade, distress)
4
heartbreak(noun, pain, sorrow, depression, melancholy)
4
hopelessness(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
3
discouragement(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
3
disheartenment(noun, hopelessness, despondency, desperation)
3
dispiritedness(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
3
distress(noun, trouble, worry, sorrow, depression)
3
forlornness(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, woe)
3
melancholy(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
3
misery(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
2
anguish(noun, distress, sorrow, depression, melancholy)
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