8
stress(noun, worry, distress, anxiety, care)
8
woefulness(noun, sadness, misery, unhappiness, lamentation)
7
ache(noun, trouble, worry, passion, care)
7
anxiety(noun, trouble, worry, distress, care)
7
curse(noun, ruin, worry, distress, slip)
7
difficulty(noun, trouble, ruin, worry, blow)
7
dolour
7
lamentation(noun, worry, concern, distress, pain)
7
penitence(noun, worry, concern, distress, shame)
6
mournfulness(noun, pain, sorrow, depression, melancholy)
6
pang(noun, trouble, cut, worry, passion)
6
burden(noun, trouble, blow, difficulty, distress)
6
care(noun, trouble, worry, concern, blow)
6
contrition(noun, worry, concern, distress, shame)
6
disquiet(noun, worry, concern, distress, anxiety)
6
repentance(noun, bad, worry, concern, distress)
6
sorrowfulness(noun, distress, sorrow, depression, melancholy)
6
tragedy(noun, trouble, ruin, distress, collapse)
5
bad luck(noun, expression, idiom, ruin, pain)
5
bitterness(noun, worry, concern, distress, pain)
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