129 entries under melancholy topic. ×

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downheartedness(noun, distress, sorrow, depression)
7
agony(noun, trouble, worry, passion, distress)
7
pain(noun, trouble, disorder, worry, passion)
7
tribulation(noun, trouble, worry, distress, pain)
7
unhappiness(noun, trouble, worry, passion, distress)
6
blues(noun, worry, passion, distress, pain)
6
disconsolateness(noun, worry, distress, anxiety, depression)
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heartache(noun, trouble, worry, passion, distress)
6
mope(verb, sadness, dejection, languish)
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worry(noun, verb, trouble, passion, distress)
5
anxiety(noun, disorder, worry, distress, depression)
5
downer(noun, pain, sorrow, depression)
5
dumps(noun, distress, sorrow, depression)
5
glumness(noun, doubt, sadness, gloom)
5
low spirits(noun, expression, sorrow, depression, doubt)
5
torture(noun, verb, upset, trouble, bother)
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mourning(noun, trouble, worry, pain, sorrow)
4
trouble(noun, verb, upset, bother, disturb)
3
bummer(noun, distress, pain, sorrow, depression)
3
cheerlessness(noun, distress, sorrow, depression)
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