5
hard-pressed
5
ill at ease(expression, adjective, idiom, upset, anxious)
5
in high dudgeon(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
5
in pain(expression, adjective, upset, dull, cut)
5
jittery(adjective, upset, hurt, low, sad)
5
jumpy(adjective, upset, hurt, low, sad)
5
maligned(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
5
moody(adjective, upset, bad, sad, resentment)
5
nettled(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
5
poverty-stricken(adjective, poor, sad, unhappy, down)
5
racked(verb, gloomy, depressed, wretched, pained)
5
unfulfilled(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
4
on edge(expression, adjective, upset, anxious, tense)
4
ached(verb, pained)
4
affected(adjective, upset, troubled, concerned)
4
all torn up(expression, adjective, idiom, upset, cut)
4
aroused(adjective, anxious, nervous, restless, fearful)
4
crazy(adjective, upset, wild, anxious, mad)
4
damaged(verb, adjective, upset, cut, hurt)
4
destitute(adjective, poor, worried, troubled, broken)
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