5
pessimism(noun, hopelessness, discouragement, despondency, resignation)
3
hopelessness(noun, hopelessness, discouragement, despondency, pessimism)
2
cynicism(noun, discouragement, despondency, pessimism, resignation)
2
despair(noun, hopelessness)
2
desperation
2
gloom(noun, hopelessness)
2
negativism(noun, discouragement, despondency, pessimism, resignation)
2
nihilism
2
submission(noun, surrender, compliance, obedience, concession)
1
acquiescence(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
1
appeasement(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
1
assent(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
1
backing down(noun, expression, surrender, yielding, despair)
1
bad attitude(noun, expression, discouragement, despondency, pessimism)
1
bleakness(noun, hopelessness)
1
bowing(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
1
capitulation(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
1
compliance(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, despondency)
1
cringing(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
1
deference(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
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