6
joylessness(noun, sorrow, melancholy, misery, unhappiness)
6
pity(noun, verb, feeling, understanding, sympathy)
6
poignancy(noun, sorrow, emotion, unhappiness, grief)
5
cheerlessness(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
5
forlornness(noun, sorrow, melancholy, woe, gloom)
5
melancholia(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
5
moodiness(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, woe)
5
mourning(noun, trouble, discharge, worry, distress)
5
suffering(noun, trouble, worry, passion, distress)
4
bummer(noun, trouble, worry, distress, shock)
4
dejectedness(noun, misery, unhappiness)
4
despondence(noun, happy, feelings, melancholy, gloom)
4
discomfort(noun, trouble, worry, passion, distress)
4
discouragement(noun, trouble, worry, distress, shock)
4
infelicity(noun, trouble, worry, pain, sorrow)
4
miserableness(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, gloom)
4
moroseness(noun, dejection)
4
pathos
4
penitence(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, sympathy)
4
pessimism(noun, depression, belief, doubt, melancholy)
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