23
despair(noun, verb, worry, distress, anxiety)
20
despondency(noun, trouble, worry, distress, anxiety)
16
depression(noun, worry, distress, anxiety, sorrow)
16
misery(noun, trouble, worry, distress, anxiety)
13
hopelessness(noun, trouble, worry, distress, anxiety)
13
melancholy(noun, trouble, worry, distress, anxiety)
12
sorrow(noun, trouble, worry, distress, anxiety)
12
spiritual apathy
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anguish(noun, worry, distress, anxiety, depression)
10
bloodlust
10
dejection(noun, trouble, worry, distress, anxiety)
10
distress(noun, trouble, worry, anxiety, sorrow)
9
gloom(noun, trouble, worry, distress, anxiety)
8
carelessness(noun, recklessness, wildness, rashness, unruliness)
8
foolhardiness(noun, wildness, rashness, unruliness)
8
recklessness(noun, wildness, rashness, unruliness)
7
discouragement(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
7
anxiety(noun, upset, worry, fear, hopelessness)
7
desolation(noun, trouble, worry, distress, anxiety)
7
desperateness(noun, hope, despair, despondency)
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