10
concern(noun, trouble, worry, distress, anxiety)
10
seasickness(noun, disease, nausea, biliousness)
9
twinge(noun, verb, doubt, integrity, misgiving)
9
worry(noun, verb, trouble, concern, distress)
9
hesitancy(noun, verb, trouble, concern, delay)
9
pang(noun, verb, worry, concern, shame)
8
skepticism(noun, trouble, concern, delay, difficulty)
8
squeamishness(noun, doubt, hatred, integrity, sickness)
6
apprehensiveness(noun, anxiety, doubt, fear, scruple)
6
disquiet(noun, trouble, worry, concern, difficulty)
6
dread(noun, distress, anxiety, doubt, fear)
6
objection(noun, doubt, misgiving, disinclination, unwillingness)
6
penitence(noun, worry, concern, distress, anxiety)
5
foreboding(noun, feeling, distress, anxiety, idea)
5
funny feeling(noun, expression, feeling, idea, uncertainty)
5
nausea(noun, sickness, revulsion, vomiting, faintness)
5
nervousness(noun, anxiety, doubt, fear, apprehension)
5
perturbation(noun, anxiety, doubt, fear, nervousness)
5
scepticism(noun, unbelief doubt)
5
unease(noun, worry, distress, anxiety, care)
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