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starkness(severity, desolation, harshness, emptiness)
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nakedness
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aridity(emptiness, barrenness, desolateness)
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austerity(severity, harshness, drabness)
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chilliness(severity, coldness)
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discouragement(trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
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disheartenment(despair, hopelessness, despondency, desperation)
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dispiritedness(trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
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distress(trouble, worry, sorrow, depression)
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forlornness(sorrow, depression, melancholy, woe)
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frostiness(severity, coldness)
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grimness(misery, severity, harshness, gloominess)
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keenness
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loneliness(desolation, harshness, isolation, devastation)
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melancholy(trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
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misery(trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
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abandonment(desolation, hopelessness)
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anguish(distress, sorrow, depression, melancholy)
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blahs(trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
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blue funk(expression, trouble, worry, distress)
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