6
shake(verb, upset, mark, bother, disturb)
6
shame(noun, verb, upset, bother, disturb)
6
solicitude(noun, trouble, worry, regard, concern)
6
sore(noun, verb, cut, hurt, wrong)
6
tax(noun, verb, worry, fail, strain)
6
travail(noun, struggle, sickness, ache, anguishes)
6
trump(unsettle, embarrass)
6
turmoil(noun, disorder, defeat, concern, anxiety)
6
unease(noun, trouble, disorder, worry, regard)
6
unrest(noun, state, disorder, worry, concern)
5
distraint(noun, taking)
5
fine(noun, verb, punish, punishment)
5
anger(verb, upset, break, drive, hurt)
5
annoyance(noun, trouble, worry, concern, blow)
5
apprehensiveness(noun, disquiet, unrest)
5
bane(noun, trouble, blow, care, burden)
5
bitterness(noun, pain, sorrow, depression, melancholy)
5
break(verb, upset, trouble, cut, hurt)
5
bug(verb, upset, trouble, dull, hurt)
5
chagrin(noun, verb, upset, trouble, bother)
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