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injury(upset, cut, hurt, worry)
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outrage(verb, upset, hurt, bother)
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painfulness(trouble, difficulty, pain, struggle)
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passion(worry, excitement, pain, depression)
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perplexity(trouble, worry, concern, strain)
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perturbation(worry, anxiety, conflict, disturbance)
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poorness(pass, difficulty, failure, want)
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shame(verb, upset, bother, disturb)
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solicitude(trouble, worry, regard, concern)
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sore(verb, cut, hurt, wrong)
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tax(verb, worry, fail, strain)
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travail(struggle, sickness, ache, anguishes)
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turmoil(disorder, defeat, concern, anxiety)
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unease(trouble, disorder, worry, regard)
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unrest(state, disorder, worry, concern)
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distraint
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fine(verb, punish, punishment)
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annoyance(trouble, worry, concern, blow)
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apprehensiveness(disquiet, unrest)
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bane(trouble, blow, care, burden)
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