1
bad luck(noun, pain, sufferings)
1
bail out(verb, expression, stop, drop, abandon)
1
be apathetic(idle, sulk, languish, pine, brood)
1
be dejected(expression, idiom, idle, sulk, hopelessness)
1
be down in the mouth(idle, sulk, languish, pine, brood)
1
be gloomy(idle, sulk, languish, pine, brood)
1
be in a funk(idle, sulk, languish, pine, brood)
1
become suicidal
1
bedevil(verb, upset, trouble, bother, disturb)
1
beleaguer(verb, upset, trouble, bother, disturb)
1
bemoaning(noun, trouble, worry, distress, pain)
1
bereavement(noun, trouble, worry, pain, sorrow)
1
beset(verb, upset, trouble, bother, disturb)
1
blahs(noun, distress, sorrow, depression, melancholy)
1
blank despondency
1
bleed(sulk, languish, pine, brood, pout)
1
bleeding heart
1
blight(trouble, ruin, burden, misery, nuisance)
1
blue devils(noun, expression, distress, sorrow, depression)
1
blue funk(noun, expression, distress, sorrow, depression)
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