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disheartenment(depression, misery, desolation, dejection)
10
sadness(trouble, feeling, love, worry)
10
fear(worry, distress, anxiety, melancholy)
8
dispiritedness(distress, sorrow, sadness, gloom)
8
downheartedness(distress, sorrow, depression, melancholy)
7
agony(trouble, worry, passion, distress)
7
pain(trouble, disorder, worry, passion)
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surrender(verb, stop, drop, give)
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tribulation(trouble, worry, distress, pain)
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unhappiness(trouble, worry, passion, distress)
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blues(worry, passion, distress, pain)
6
disconsolateness(worry, distress, anxiety, depression)
6
forlornness(depression, misery, desolation, hopelessness)
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heartache(trouble, worry, passion, distress)
6
worry(verb, trouble, passion, distress)
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anxiety(disorder, worry, distress, depression)
5
bleakness(distress, sorrow, sadness, gloom)
5
desperateness(hope, gloom, despondency, desperation)
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downer(pain, sorrow, depression, melancholy)
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dreariness(distress, sorrow, sadness, gloom)
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