5
dole(noun, worry, concern, distress, pain)
5
hurt(noun, pain, torment)
5
injury(noun, trouble, worry, difficulty, pain)
5
mishap(noun, ruin, destruction, disaster, catastrophe)
5
shame(noun, trouble, feeling, love, ruin)
5
vexation(noun, trouble, worry, blow, distress)
5
wound(noun, pain, injury)
4
bereavement(noun, pain, sorrow, loss, suffering)
4
casualty(noun, ruin, destruction, disaster, catastrophe)
4
contretemps(noun, disaster, adversity, calamity, upheaval)
4
contriteness(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, anguish)
4
dolefulness(noun, distress, sorrow, depression, melancholy)
4
joylessness(noun, sorrow, sadness, misery, unhappiness)
4
lamenting(noun, worry, distress, pain, sorrow)
4
malaise(noun, trouble, care, pain, shame)
4
misadventure(noun, trouble, ruin, distress, slip)
4
mischance(noun, trouble, ruin, difficulty, pain)
4
regretfulness(noun, worry, concern, shame, anguish)
4
ruth(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, misery)
4
sore(noun, adjective, pain)
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