2
sadness(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
2
vapors(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
2
violence(resentment, excitability)
2
woe(noun, distress, sorrow, depression, melancholy)
2
woefulness(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
1
abandonment(noun, hopelessness)
1
acedia
1
apathy
1
aplomb
1
audacity(noun, rashness)
1
backbone
1
bewilderment
1
blue devils(noun, expression, sorrow, depression, melancholy)
1
blues(noun, trouble, distress, sorrow, depression)
1
boredom(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, sadness)
1
brashness(noun, rashness)
1
brazenness(noun, rashness)
1
cave of despair(expression, idiom)
1
commotion
1
confusion
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