6
relinquish(verb, stop, drop, give, abandon)
6
renounce(verb, drop, give, abandon, yield)
6
resign(verb, stop, drop, give, abandon)
6
worry(noun, verb, trouble, passion, distress)
5
abandon(verb, stop, drop, give, yield)
5
anxiety(noun, disorder, worry, distress, depression)
5
bleakness(noun, distress, sorrow, sadness, gloom)
5
brood(verb, upset, trouble, bother, disturb)
5
desperateness(noun, hope, gloom, despondency, desperation)
5
downer(noun, pain, sorrow, depression, melancholy)
5
dreariness(noun, distress, sorrow, sadness, gloom)
5
droop(pain, idle, sulk, languish, pine)
5
drop(verb, stop, give, abandon, yield)
5
dumps(noun, distress, sorrow, depression, melancholy)
5
falter(flag, hopelessness)
5
give way(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, give)
5
glumness(noun, doubt, melancholy, sadness, gloom)
5
hardship(noun, worry, passion, distress, pain)
5
low spirits(noun, expression, sorrow, depression, doubt)
5
quit(verb, stop, drop, abandon, yield)
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