10
despondency(noun, distress, happy, depression, feelings)
7
dejection(noun, distress, happy, depression, feelings)
7
disconsolateness(noun, distress, depression, melancholy, sadness)
6
depression(noun, distress, happy, feelings, melancholy)
6
despond(noun, sadness, hope, despair, despondency)
6
gloom(noun, distress, happy, depression, feelings)
6
unhappiness(noun, happy, feelings, melancholy, sadness)
5
blues(noun, distress, happy, depression, feelings)
5
gloominess(noun, melancholy, sadness, gloom, misery)
5
heartsickness
5
sadness(noun, happy, feelings, melancholy, gloom)
4
anguish(noun, distress, depression, melancholy, gloom)
4
cheerlessness(noun, distress, depression, melancholy, gloom)
4
desperation(noun, sadness, hope, despair, despondency)
4
dolefulness(noun, distress, happy, depression, feelings)
4
downheartedness(noun, happy, feelings, melancholy, sadness)
4
glumness(noun, happy, feelings, melancholy, sadness)
4
hopelessness(noun, sadness, hope, despair, despondency)
4
melancholy(noun, happy, feelings, sadness, gloom)
4
misery(noun, melancholy, sadness, unhappiness, despair)
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