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despair(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, sadness)
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despondency(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, sadness)
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discouragement(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, sadness)
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dispiritedness(noun, dejection, wistfulness, heavyheartedness, mulligrubs)
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downheartedness(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, sadness)
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dreaming(noun, fantasy, dream, thoughtfulness, vagueness)
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engrossment(noun, consideration, thinking, vagueness, preoccupation)
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ennui(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, sadness)
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gloom(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, sadness)
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gloominess(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, sadness)
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glumness(noun, melancholy, sadness, dejection, somberness)
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incubation
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misery(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, sadness)
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moodiness(noun, dejection, wistfulness, heavyheartedness, mulligrubs)
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moroseness(noun, dejection)
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mournfulness(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, sadness)
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reflection(noun, thought, consideration, thinking, detachment)
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reflectiveness(noun, thoughtfulness, musing)
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sadness(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, gloom)
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study(noun, consideration, vision, fantasy, dream)
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