140 entries under distress topic. ×

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downheartedness(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy)
7
agony(noun, trouble, worry, passion)
7
pain(noun, trouble, disorder, worry, passion)
7
tribulation(noun, trouble, worry, pain)
7
unhappiness(noun, trouble, worry, passion)
6
blues(noun, worry, passion, pain)
6
disconsolateness(noun, worry, anxiety, depression)
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heartache(noun, trouble, worry, passion)
6
worry(noun, verb, trouble, passion)
5
anxiety(noun, disorder, worry, depression)
5
bleakness(noun, sorrow, sadness, gloom)
5
dreariness(noun, sorrow, sadness, gloom)
5
dumps(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy)
5
hardship(noun, worry, passion, pain)
5
torture(noun, verb, upset, trouble, bother)
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trouble(noun, verb, upset, bother, disturb)
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woefulness(noun, sorrow, sadness, gloom)
3
broken heart(expression, idiom, pain, sorrow)
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bummer(noun, pain, sorrow, depression)
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calamity(noun, trouble, ruin, burden)
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