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affection(noun, feeling, love, passion, desire)
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affectivity(noun, feeling, love, passion, desire)
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affliction(noun, trouble, worry, distress, pain)
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agitation(noun, feeling, love, passion, desire)
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anger(noun, feeling, love, passion, desire)
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angst(noun, pain, sorrow, anguish, heartache)
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apathy
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ardor(noun, feeling, love, passion, desire)
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bafflement(noun, defeat, blow, distress, failure)
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bereavement(noun, trouble, worry, pain, sorrow)
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bitterness(noun, distress, sorrow, depression, melancholy)
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blackness
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blight
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blow(noun, defeat, distress, failure, disappointment)
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blue(noun, feeling, depression, unhappiness)
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boredom(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, sadness)
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broken heart(noun, expression, distress, sorrow, depression)
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catatonia(noun, distress, depression, melancholy, sadness)
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cave of despair(expression, idiom)
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chagrin(noun, defeat, blow, distress, failure)
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