3
poignance(noun, passion, sadness, emotion)
3
response(noun, feeling, impression, emotion, mood)
3
sentiment(noun, passion, sadness, impression, emotion)
3
sentimentality(noun, sadness, impression, emotion, mood)
2
Ruth
2
bitterness
2
bleakness(noun, sadness)
2
clemency
2
concern(noun, impression, emotion, mood, response)
2
descent(noun, deterioration)
2
fellow feeling(expression, idiom)
2
heaviness of heart(expression, idiom, heartache)
2
helpless
2
inspiration
2
mercy
2
plaintiveness(noun, passion, sadness, emotion, poignance)
2
sharpness(noun, impression, emotion, mood, response)
1
expression
1
benevolence
1
cheerlessness
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