1
downheartedness(sadness, unhappiness)
1
dream(verb, consider, worry, fret, contemplate)
1
drop(verb, abandon, yield)
1
dumps
1
dwell upon(verb, expression, consider, worry, fret)
1
dwindle(verb, break, fail, weaken, suffer)
1
ebb(verb, break, fail, weaken, suffer)
1
enjoy(verb, accept, love, like, have fun)
1
evil(pain, adversity)
1
fade(verb, break, fail, weaken, suffer)
1
fag(verb, break, fail, weaken, suffer)
1
fag out(verb, expression, break, fail, weaken)
1
fail(verb, break, weaken, suffer, deteriorate)
1
faint(verb, break, fail, weaken, suffer)
1
fizzle out(verb, expression, break, fail, weaken)
1
flag(verb, break, fail, weaken, suffer)
1
flatten(verb, drop, destroy, abandon, yield)
1
forlornness(noun, despair, despondency, desperation)
1
fret(verb, consider, worry, idle, contemplate)
1
glumness(sadness, unhappiness, blues, desperation)
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