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117 entries under verb topic. ×

12
despair(noun, drop, give, abandon)
7
mope(consider, worry, fret, contemplate)
6
brood(break, worry, fail, weaken)
5
give up(expression, phrasal verb, surrender, lose)
5
gloom(noun, consider, worry, fret)
4
lose heart(expression, idiom, drop, destroy)
4
give way(expression, phrasal verb, drop, destroy)
4
languish(dull, consider, worry, fail)
3
dishearten(surrender, despair)
3
grieve(break, consider, worry, fail)
2
give up hope(expression, idiom, drop, abandon)
2
lose hope(expression, drop, abandon, yield)
2
pine(break, fail, weaken, idle)
2
plumb the depths(expression, idiom, drop, abandon)
2
repine(break, consider, worry, fail)
2
sadden(surrender, despair)
2
sigh(break, consider, worry, fail)
2
surrender(drop, abandon, yield, despair)
2
yearn(break, fail, weaken, idle)
1
agonize over(expression, consider, worry, fret)
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