3
dolour
3
down trip(noun, expression, sorrow, depression, melancholy)
3
emotion(noun, state, feeling, passion, excitement)
3
ennui(noun, distress, sorrow, depression, melancholy)
3
extremity
3
flatten(verb, drop, give, abandon, yield)
3
forlorn(adjective, dejection, hopelessness)
3
fret(verb, upset, trouble, bother, disturb)
3
give
3
give in(verb, expression, phrasal verb, surrender, submit)
3
give up hope(verb, expression, idiom, drop, abandon)
3
heartlessness(noun, hopelessness)
3
heartsickness(pain, sorrow)
3
heavy heart(expression, distress, pain, sorrow, melancholy)
3
in despair(expression, idiom, pain, dejection, hopelessness)
3
infelicity(noun, trouble, worry, pain, sorrow)
3
joylessness(noun, sorrow, sadness, misery, dejection)
3
languish(pain, sulk, pine, brood, pout)
3
letdown(noun, pain, sorrow, depression, melancholy)
3
lose faith(verb, expression, idiom, drop, give)
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