3
melancholy(adjective, dejection, despair, despondency, desperation)
2
discouragement(noun, despair, despondency, desperation)
2
be dejected(expression, idiom, sulk, dejection, hopelessness)
2
disconsolateness(noun, sadness, unhappiness, dejection, desperation)
2
falter
2
give up hope(verb, expression, idiom, drop, abandon)
2
gloominess(noun, sadness, unhappiness, forlornness, disheartenment)
2
lose hope(verb, expression, drop, abandon, yield)
2
pine(verb, break, fail, weaken, idle)
2
plumb the depths(verb, expression, idiom, drop, abandon)
2
repine(verb, break, consider, worry, fail)
2
sadden(verb, surrender, despair)
2
sadness(noun, unhappiness, dejection)
2
sigh(verb, break, consider, worry, fail)
2
surrender(verb, drop, abandon, yield, despair)
2
unhappiness(noun, sadness)
2
yearn(verb, break, fail, weaken, idle)
2
yield to despair(expression, idiom, hopelessness)
1
abandon hope
1
ache(sulk, languish, pine, brood, pout)
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