5
resentful(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
5
riled(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
5
scandalized(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
5
shocked(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
5
upset(adjective, sorrow, melancholy, sadness, resentment)
5
wounded(adjective, upset, sorrow, melancholy, sadness)
4
bedeviled
4
downtrodden(adjective, afflicted, abused)
4
pestered
4
vexed(adjective, upset, wrong, sorrow, melancholy)
4
worried
3
agonized(verb, punished)
3
badgered
3
baited
3
bugged
3
chivied
3
grieved(upset, wrong, sorrow, melancholy, resentment)
3
haunted
3
hounded
3
teased
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