3
ruefulness(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, degradation)
3
torture(noun, trouble, worry, passion, distress)
3
trial(noun, trouble, worry, distress, care)
3
trouble(noun, worry, distress, care, pain)
3
wistfulness(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, gloom)
2
hopelessness(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
2
ache(noun, trouble, worry, passion, care)
2
adversity(noun, distress, depression, gloom, unhappiness)
2
angst(noun, pain, sorrow, misery, suffering)
2
bathos
2
bemoan
2
bereavement(noun, trouble, worry, pain, sorrow)
2
bitterness(noun, distress, sorrow, depression, melancholy)
2
blahs(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
2
blue funk(noun, expression, trouble, worry, distress)
2
broken heart(noun, expression, distress, sorrow, torment)
2
calamity(noun, distress, depression, gloom, unhappiness)
2
chagrin(noun, shock, depression, melancholy, gloom)
2
concern(noun, trouble, feeling, love, passion)
2
contemplativeness(noun, thoughtfulness, dejection, musing, reflectiveness)
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