1
suffer(verb, break, consider, fail, weaken)
1
sulk(verb, consider, worry, idle, fret)
1
sweat out(verb, expression, consider, worry, fret)
1
sweat over(verb, expression, consider, worry, idle)
1
take down(verb, expression, drop, destroy, abandon)
1
take on(verb, expression, phrasal verb, dejection)
1
think about(verb, expression, consider, worry, fret)
1
think upon(verb, expression, consider, worry, fret)
1
touch bottom
1
tucker(verb, break, fail, weaken, suffer)
1
waste(verb, break, fail, weaken, suffer)
1
waste away(verb, expression, break, fail, weaken)
1
waste time(expression, sulk, languish, pine, brood)
1
weaken(verb, break, fail, suffer, deteriorate)
1
wear a long face(expression, idiom, sulk, languish, brood)
1
wilt(verb, break, fail, weaken, suffer)
1
wither(verb, break, fail, weaken, suffer)
1
worry(verb, consider, fret, contemplate, entertain)
0
abandon(verb, drop, destroy, yield)
0
abandon all hope(expression, idiom, hopelessness)
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