5
lamentable(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, depression)
5
lay waste to(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, insult)
5
miff(verb, upset, break, trouble, get)
5
murky(dull, dark, gloomy, miserable, dim)
5
nag(verb, upset, break, trouble, get)
5
needle(verb, upset, break, trouble, get)
5
neglected(adjective, quiet, mean, poor, shabby)
5
nit-pick(verb, upset, break, trouble, get)
5
pain(verb, upset, break, trouble, get)
5
peeve(verb, upset, break, trouble, get)
5
perplex(verb, upset, break, trouble, get)
5
pester(verb, upset, break, trouble, get)
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pitiful(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, woe)
5
plague(verb, upset, break, trouble, get)
5
plaintive(adjective, sad, unhappy, dark, sorrow)
5
plunder(verb, upset, ruin, destroy, damage)
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push(verb, upset, break, trouble, get)
5
rack(verb, upset, break, trouble, get)
5
rueful(adjective, blue, sad, sorrow, depression)
5
saturnine(adjective, blue, gloomy, melancholy, miserable)
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