85 entries under despair topic. ×

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ennui(noun, distress, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
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discouragement(noun, trouble, worry, distress, anxiety)
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pain(noun, upset, trouble, control, work)
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woefulness(noun, distress, melancholy, sadness, gloom)
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cheerlessness(noun, distress, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
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disappointment(dismay, sorrow, sadness, apprehension, discontent)
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doldrums(noun, feeling, disorder, character, mind)
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hopelessness(noun, worry, distress, anxiety, sorrow)
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apathy(noun, calm, quiet, weakness, melancholy)
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disheartenment(noun, shock, melancholy, misery, disappointment)
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dreariness(noun, distress, melancholy, sadness, gloom)
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heartbreak(noun, trouble, worry, distress, pain)
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low spirits(noun, expression, idiom, feeling, character)
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pessimism(noun, belief, doubt, melancholy, sadness)
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trouble(noun, upset, ruin, worry, concern)
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melancholia(noun, distress, sadness, torment, woe)
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bleakness(noun, distress, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
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dolefulness(noun, distress, happy, sorrow, feelings)
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lowness(noun, distress, melancholy, sadness, gloom)
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abasement(noun, distress, sadness, gloom, misery)
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