7
mournfulness(noun, dejection, lamentation)
4
sadness(noun, dejection)
4
woefulness(noun, dejection, lamentation)
3
blues(noun, dejection)
3
dejection(noun, dejection)
3
grief(noun, lamentation)
3
melancholy(noun, dejection, lamentation)
3
sorrow(noun, lamentation)
2
anguish(noun, dejection)
2
depression(noun, dejection)
2
despondency(noun, dejection)
2
disheartenment(noun, dejection)
2
dispiritedness(noun, dejection)
2
dolefulness(noun, lamentation)
2
dolor(noun, lamentation)
2
dolorousness(noun, dejection)
2
downheartedness(noun, dejection)
2
ennui(noun, dejection)
2
gloominess(noun, dejection)
2
glumness(noun, dejection)
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