7
wretchedness(noun, distress, sorrow, depression, melancholy)
6
distraction(noun, upset, worry, anxiety, fear)
6
frenzy(noun, recklessness, excitability, rashness)
6
pessimism(noun, hopelessness)
6
rashness(noun, wildness, rashness, unruliness)
6
trouble(noun, upset, worry, distress, anxiety)
6
unhappiness(noun, trouble, worry, distress, anxiety)
5
despond(noun, hope, despair, despondency)
5
forlornness(noun, depression, misery, desolation, despair)
5
gloominess(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
5
grief(noun, worry, distress, anxiety, sorrow)
5
heartache(noun, worry, anxiety, fear, hopelessness)
5
heedlessness(noun, rashness)
4
bleakness(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
4
cheerlessness(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
4
discomfort(noun, worry, anxiety, fear, hopelessness)
4
disheartenment(noun, depression, melancholy, sadness, misery)
4
dispiritedness(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
4
downheartedness(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
4
impetuosity(noun, rashness)
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