4
melancholy(noun, depression, sadness, gloom, misery)
4
pressure(noun, trouble, charge, worry, pass)
4
weariness(noun, worry, anxiety, sorrow, depression)
4
wrong(noun, verb, damage, abuse, harm)
3
absolutism(noun, severity, cruelty, domination, dictatorship)
3
anguish(noun, charge, worry, strain, anxiety)
3
annoyance(noun, trouble, charge, worry, abuse)
3
brutality(noun, misery, hardship, cruelty, domination)
3
care(noun, trouble, worry, concern, distress)
3
control(noun, regulation, power, command, misery)
3
dejectedness
3
difficulty(noun, trouble, worry, pass, distress)
3
drag(burden, pressure, weight, trial, suffering)
3
encumbrance(noun, charge, worry, strain, anxiety)
3
handicap(noun, charge, worry, strain, anxiety)
3
outrage(noun, wrong, damage, abuse, breach)
3
pain(noun, trial, suffering, misfortune)
3
reign of terror(expression, idiom, severity, cruelty, domination)
3
sadness(noun, depression, melancholy, gloom, misery)
3
stress(noun, trouble, charge, worry, pass)
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