10
gloominess(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
9
desolation(noun, trouble, worry, passion, distress)
9
disconsolateness(noun, worry, distress, anxiety, sorrow)
9
pessimism(noun, depression, belief, doubt, melancholy)
8
heartbreak(noun, trouble, worry, distress, pain)
8
woe(noun, trouble, worry, passion, distress)
7
disheartenment(noun, depression, melancholy, sadness, misery)
7
dumps(noun, trouble, worry, distress, happy)
7
glumness(noun, happy, depression, feelings, doubt)
6
distress(noun, trouble, defeat, worry, passion)
6
doldrums(noun, distress, happy, depression, feelings)
6
mournfulness(noun, trouble, worry, happy, pain)
6
woefulness(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
6
wretchedness(noun, trouble, worry, passion, distress)
5
anxiety(noun, worry, sorrow, depression, melancholy)
5
cheerlessness(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
5
despond(noun, hope, despair, desperation)
5
forlornness(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, gloom)
5
heartache(noun, trouble, worry, passion, distress)
5
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