13
discouragement(noun, anxiety, shock, depression, melancholy)
9
dejection(noun, depression, melancholy, sadness, misery)
9
despair(noun, depression, misery, desolation, dejection)
9
despondency(noun, depression, melancholy, sadness, misery)
8
depression(noun, shock, melancholy, misery, disappointment)
6
dismay(noun, feeling, distress, shock, disappointment)
6
hopelessness(noun, depression, melancholy, sadness, misery)
5
anguish(noun, depression, misery, desolation, dejection)
5
gloominess(noun, sadness, unhappiness, dejection, hopelessness)
5
melancholy(noun, depression, sadness, misery, desolation)
5
misery(noun, depression, desolation, dejection, despair)
4
desperation(noun, depression, melancholy, sadness, misery)
4
dispiritedness(noun, sadness, unhappiness, dejection, hopelessness)
4
downheartedness(noun, sadness, unhappiness, dejection, hopelessness)
4
pessimism(noun, hopelessness)
3
alarm(noun, anxiety, shock, disappointment, apprehension)
3
bleakness(noun, despair, hopelessness, despondency, desperation)
3
blues(noun, anxiety, shock, depression, melancholy)
3
consternation(noun, anxiety, shock, alarm, disappointment)
3
forlornness(noun, depression, misery, desolation, despair)
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