4
heartbreak(noun, pain, sorrow, depression, melancholy)
4
shame(noun, disappointment, disquiet, embarrassment, humiliation)
3
defeat(noun, decline, fall, blow, distress)
3
balk(noun, upset, blow, shock, disaster)
3
betrayal(noun, setback, disappointments)
3
catastrophe(noun, upset, blow, shock, pain)
3
decadence
3
despair(noun, pain, sorrow, depression, melancholy)
3
diminution
3
disaster(noun, upset, blow, shock, pain)
3
disenchantment(noun, defeat, blow, distress, failure)
3
disgruntlement(noun, upset, defeat, blow, distress)
3
distress(noun, defeat, blow, pain, failure)
3
drag(shame, hindrance, disappointment, annoyance, nuisance)
3
fail
3
grief(noun, pain, sorrow, depression, melancholy)
3
misery(noun, pain, sorrow, depression, melancholy)
3
misfortune(noun, upset, blow, shock, pain)
3
tribulation(noun, pain, sorrow, depression, melancholy)
3
washout(noun, failure, bomb, disappointment, catastrophe)
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