2
misfortune(noun, distress, pain, sorrow, depression)
2
moodiness(noun, melancholy, sadness, misery, unhappiness)
2
mournfulness(noun, trouble, worry, pain, sorrow)
2
oppression(noun, depression, melancholy, sadness, gloom)
2
pensiveness(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, sadness)
2
plumb the depths(verb, expression, idiom, drop, abandon)
2
repine(pain, sulk, dejection, languish, pine)
2
sulk(dejection, languish, pine, brood, pout)
2
take down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, give)
2
wistfulness(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, sadness)
2
yearn(pain, idle, sulk, dejection, languish)
2
yield to despair(expression, idiom, hopelessness)
1
abandonment(noun, hopelessness)
1
abject
1
abjection(noun, distress, sorrow, sadness, woe)
1
acedia
1
ache(noun, verb, worry, passion, pain)
1
aching heart
1
admit defeat(verb, expression, stop, drop, abandon)
1
affect(noun, feeling, love, passion, desire)
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