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15
distress(noun, upset, trouble, disorder)
11
despond(noun, drop, give, abandon)
8
give up(expression, phrasal verb, surrender, submit)
7
lose hope(expression, idiom, drop, abandon)
7
surrender(noun, stop, drop, give)
7
yield(stop, drop, give, abandon)
6
lose heart(expression, idiom, drop, give)
6
mope(melancholy, sadness, dejection, languish)
6
relinquish(stop, drop, give, abandon)
6
renounce(drop, give, abandon, yield)
6
resign(stop, drop, give, abandon)
6
worry(noun, trouble, passion, distress)
5
abandon(stop, drop, give, yield)
5
brood(upset, trouble, bother, disturb)
5
drop(stop, give, abandon, yield)
5
give way(expression, phrasal verb, drop, give)
5
quit(stop, drop, abandon, yield)
5
torture(noun, upset, trouble, bother)
4
trouble(noun, upset, bother, disturb)
3
abandon hope(expression, idiom)
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