2
lowness(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
2
malaise(noun, trouble, worry, pain, sorrow)
2
mope(noun, happy, feelings, melancholy, sadness)
2
mortification(noun, trouble, defeat, worry, blow)
2
oppression(noun, depression, melancholy, sadness, gloom)
2
pensiveness(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, sadness)
2
plaintiveness(noun, dejection)
2
prostration
2
sullenness(noun, dejection)
2
trouble(noun, worry, distress, anxiety, pain)
2
wistfulness(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, sadness)
2
worry(noun, trouble, passion, distress, anxiety)
1
abandonment(noun, hopelessness)
1
abasement(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
1
abjection(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
1
abjectness(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
1
acedia
1
adverse fate(noun, expression, defeat, blow, distress)
1
adversity(noun, defeat, blow, distress, failure)
1
affect(noun, feeling, love, passion, desire)
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