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pain(noun, upset, trouble, control, work)
9
trough(noun, decline, low, ditch, scrape)
9
woefulness(noun, distress, melancholy, sadness, gloom)
8
anxiety(noun, trouble, disorder, worry, shock)
8
cheerlessness(noun, distress, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
8
disappointment(dismay, sorrow, sadness, apprehension, discontent)
8
doldrums(noun, feeling, disorder, character, mind)
8
downturn(noun, drop, cut, decline, fall)
8
heartache(noun, trouble, worry, passion, distress)
8
hopelessness(noun, worry, distress, anxiety, sorrow)
8
mournfulness(noun, trouble, worry, happy, pain)
7
agony(noun, trouble, worry, passion, distress)
7
apathy(noun, calm, quiet, weakness, melancholy)
7
crater(noun, impression, well, space, dip)
7
decrease(noun, drop, cut, fall, position)
7
disheartenment(noun, shock, melancholy, misery, disappointment)
7
dreariness(noun, distress, melancholy, sadness, gloom)
7
heartbreak(noun, trouble, worry, distress, pain)
7
low(noun, adjective, decline, dip, recession)
7
low spirits(noun, expression, idiom, feeling, character)
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