12
anticlimax(noun, state, feeling, decline, fall)
12
discontentment(noun, state, feeling, distress, happy)
11
depression(noun, dismay, sorrow, sadness, apprehension)
10
trouble(noun, control, defeat, concern, delay)
9
despondency(noun, regret, distress, dismay, state)
9
sorrow(noun, concern, anguish, dismay, trouble)
8
dejection(noun, state, trouble, feeling, distress)
8
sadness(noun, sorrow, dismay, trouble, pain)
7
feeling of dissatisfaction(expression, state, feeling, dissatisfaction)
7
mishap(noun, state, upset, trouble, feeling)
6
adversity(noun, state, trouble, feeling, blow)
6
discomfiture(noun, decline, fall, blow, confusion)
6
miscalculation(noun, state, feeling, shock, mistake)
6
mischance(noun, state, trouble, feeling, blow)
6
upset(noun, trouble, defeat, delay, blow)
5
let-down(noun, frustration, chagrin, disillusion)
5
loss(noun, trouble, blow, burden, cross)
4
alienation(noun, frustration, chagrin, disillusion)
4
disgruntlement(noun, sorrow, sadness, dismay, regret)
4
dismay(noun, sorrow, sadness, regret, distress)
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