5
sink(pain, idle, sulk, languish, pine)
5
torture(noun, verb, upset, trouble, bother)
4
mourning(noun, trouble, worry, pain, sorrow)
4
trouble(noun, verb, upset, bother, disturb)
4
woefulness(noun, distress, sorrow, sadness, gloom)
3
abandon hope(verb, expression, idiom)
3
broken heart(expression, idiom, distress, pain, sorrow)
3
bummer(noun, distress, pain, sorrow, depression)
3
calamity(noun, trouble, ruin, distress, burden)
3
cheerlessness(noun, distress, sorrow, depression, melancholy)
3
concern(noun, feeling, love, worry, passion)
3
contemplativeness(noun, thoughtfulness, dejection, musing, reflectiveness)
3
cowardice(noun, distress, anxiety, fear, alarm)
3
curse(noun, trouble, ruin, distress, burden)
3
dejected(adjective, hopelessness)
3
desolate(dejection, hopelessness)
3
despairing(adjective, hopelessness)
3
destroy(verb, drop, give, abandon, yield)
3
disaster(noun, trouble, ruin, distress, burden)
3
dolor(noun, trouble, worry, passion, distress)
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