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mournfulness(sadness, unhappiness)
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mull over(verb, expression, worry, fret, grieve)
1
muse(verb, consider, worry, fret, contemplate)
1
peck of troubles(expression, idiom, pain, adversity)
1
pine away(expression, sulk, languish, pine, brood)
1
ponder(verb, worry, fret, grieve, ruminate)
1
reach the depths(expression, idiom)
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reflect(verb, consider, worry, fret, contemplate)
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relinquish(verb, drop, destroy, abandon, yield)
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renounce(verb, drop, destroy, abandon, yield)
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rot(verb, break, fail, weaken, suffer)
1
ruminate(verb, consider, worry, fret, contemplate)
1
sag
1
sicken(verb, break, fail, weaken, suffer)
1
sink into despair(expression, idiom)
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snivel(verb, break, fail, weaken, suffer)
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sorrow(noun, verb, break, fail, weaken)
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speculate(verb, consider, worry, fret, contemplate)
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spleen(noun, dejection)
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stew over(verb, expression, consider, worry, idle)
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