12
drama(noun, form, piece, sadness, genre)
10
tragedy(noun, form, sadness, genre)
10
seriousness(noun, state, attitude, behavior)
6
earnestness(noun, state, attitude, behavior)
6
gravity(noun, state, attitude, behavior)
6
solemnity(noun, state, attitude, behavior)
5
graveness(noun, state, attitude, behavior)
4
sobriety(noun, state, attitude, behavior)
4
solemnness(noun, state, attitude, behavior)
3
agony(noun, pain, sorrow, feel, sadness)
3
anguish(noun, pain, sorrow, feel, sadness)
3
catastrophe(noun, pain, sorrow, feel, sadness)
3
demureness(noun, state, attitude, behavior)
3
dolor(noun, pain, sorrow, feel, sadness)
3
earnest(noun, state, attitude, behavior)
2
calamity(noun, pain, sorrow, feel, sadness)
2
disaster(noun, pain, sorrow, feel, sadness)
2
tearjerker(noun, art, performance, drama)
2
cothurnus(noun, style, tragedy, drama)
2
grief(noun, pain, sorrow, feel, sadness)
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