32
grief(noun, trouble, feeling, love, worry)
28
depression(noun, stop, upset, calm, trouble)
26
unhappiness(noun, trouble, worry, passion, distress)
24
sorrow(noun, trouble, feeling, understanding, love)
24
misery(noun, trouble, worry, distress, care)
22
despondency(noun, trouble, feeling, love, worry)
21
melancholy(noun, trouble, feeling, understanding, love)
21
woe(noun, trouble, discharge, worry, passion)
21
spiritual apathy
18
anguish(noun, trouble, worry, passion, distress)
17
gloom(noun, trouble, worry, passion, distress)
17
dejection(noun, trouble, understanding, worry, distress)
16
distress(noun, trouble, understanding, discharge, worry)
13
blues(noun, trouble, worry, passion, distress)
13
desolation(noun, trouble, worry, passion, distress)
13
dumps(noun, trouble, worry, distress, happy)
11
gloominess(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
11
heartache(noun, trouble, worry, passion, distress)
11
wretchedness(noun, trouble, worry, passion, distress)
10
despair(noun, trouble, feeling, love, worry)
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