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gloom(verb, person, depression, belief)
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despondency(depression, belief, doubt, melancholy)
13
dejection(person, depression, belief, feelings)
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depression(belief, doubt, melancholy, sadness)
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discouragement(depression, melancholy, sadness, gloom)
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despair(depression, belief, doubt, melancholy)
10
cynicism(verb, belief, doubt, gloom)
10
sadness(verb, depression, belief, doubt)
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gloominess(belief, doubt, melancholy, sadness)
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hopelessness(belief, doubt, gloom, disappointment)
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low spirits(expression, idiom, depression, belief)
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melancholy(depression, belief, doubt, sadness)
7
distrust(belief, doubt, gloom, suspicion)
6
desperation
6
unhappiness(verb, depression, belief, doubt)
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defeatism(hopelessness, discouragement, despondency, resignation)
5
doubt(gloom, suspicion, cynicism)
5
downheartedness(depression, melancholy, sadness, gloom)
5
suspicion(doubt, gloom, cynicism, unhelpfulness)
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anxiety
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