1
go soft(verb, expression, break, fail, weaken)
1
go to pieces(expression, idiom, break, fail, weaken)
1
grumble(sulk, languish, pine, brood, pout)
1
grump(sulk, languish, pine, brood, pout)
1
hanker(verb, break, fail, weaken, suffer)
1
have heavy heart(verb, expression, idiom, drop, destroy)
1
heartsickness
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hell upon earth(expression, idiom, pain, adversity)
1
hit rock bottom(expression, idiom)
1
hunger(verb, break, fail, weaken, suffer)
1
idle(sulk, languish, pine, brood, pout)
1
knock out(verb, expression, break, fail, weaken)
1
lament(verb, consider, worry, idle, fret)
1
let air out(verb, expression, idiom, drop, destroy)
1
listless(verb, break, fail, weaken, suffer)
1
long(verb, break, fail, weaken, suffer)
1
lose faith(verb, expression, drop, destroy, abandon)
1
meditate(verb, consider, worry, fret, contemplate)
1
moon(sulk, languish, pine, brood, pout)
1
mourn(verb, dejection)
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