6
trial(noun, calm, help, ease)
6
worry(verb, cheer, comfort)
5
calamity(noun, favor, disaster, boon, tragedy)
5
desolation(noun, development, distress, unhappiness)
5
doldrums(noun, feeling, concern, depression)
5
heaviness of heart(expression, idiom, benefit, cheer, comfort)
5
hurt(noun, ease, benefit, relief)
5
infelicity(noun, cheer, comfort, relief)
5
lamentation(noun, calm, ease, comfort)
5
malcontentment(noun, calm, ease, comfort)
5
mourning(noun, light, melancholy, sadness)
5
abyss
5
blahs(noun, calm, ease, benefit, cheer)
5
bleakness(noun, benefit, cheer, hopefulness)
5
fear(noun, worry, ease, anxiety, cheer)
5
grief(noun, distress, cheer, sorrow, relief)
5
heavyheartedness(noun, benefit, cheer, comfort)
5
joylessness(noun, cheer, sadness, misery, cheerlessness)
5
melancholy(noun, cheer, depression, sadness)
5
misfortune(noun, help, ease, gain)
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