154 entries under noun topic. ×
| regret(verb, formal, sorrow, cry) | |
| lament(verb, desire, criticize, censure) | |
| sorrow(verb, trouble, understanding, worry) | |
| anguish(verb, trouble, worry, desire) | |
| heartbreak(trouble, worry, distress, pain) | |
| remorse(trouble, feeling, worry, distress) | |
| sympathy(understanding, sorrow, woe, compassion) | |
| contrition(feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| repentance(feeling, bad, worry, distress) | |
| grief(worry, distress, pain, shame) | |
| penitence(feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| compunction(feeling, understanding, distress, shame) | |
| contriteness(feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| curse(distress, sadness, anguish, grief) | |
| herb of grace(expression, idiom) | |
| pity(feeling, understanding, shame, sorrow) | |
| ruefulness(distress, shame, sorrow, woe) | |
| woe(trouble, worry, distress, pain) | |
| heartache(trouble, worry, distress, pain) | |
| penance(distress, shame, sorrow, woe) |
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