5
oppression(noun, help, kindness, misery, hardship)
5
querulousness(noun, calm, ease, comfort)
5
trouble(noun, calm, order, benefit)
4
hatred(noun, love, respect, regard)
4
discouragement(noun, cheer, melancholy, sadness)
4
abjectness(noun, benefit, cheer, comfort)
4
abomination(noun, delight, object, kindness, hate)
4
allergy to(expression, respect, regard, loving)
4
anger(noun, state, calm, ease, annoyed)
4
anvil chorus(expression, ease, cheer, relief)
4
anxiety(noun, calm, ease, calmness)
4
badness(noun, help, aid, cheer)
4
bafflement(noun, help, ease, boon)
4
catastrophe(noun, help, favor, gain)
4
disaster(noun, benefit, success, boon)
4
dispiritedness(noun, benefit, cheer, comfort)
4
funk(noun, cheer, depression, fear)
4
hangup(noun, ease, benefit, boon)
4
hard times(expression, favor, ease, boon)
4
hardship(noun, help, ease, comfort)
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