2
qualm(noun, trouble, worry, distress, shame)
2
repentance(noun, worry, distress, pain, shame)
2
rue(noun, trouble, understanding, worry, distress)
2
ruth(noun, understanding, distress, shame, sorrow)
2
sadden
2
self-reproach(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, degradation)
2
sensation(noun, feeling, love, passion, desire)
2
sentiment(noun, feeling, love, passion, desire)
2
somberness(noun, melancholy, solemnity, lugubriousness)
2
sympathy(noun, feeling, understanding, love, passion)
2
tedium(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, gloom)
2
upset(noun, shock, disappointment, apprehension, consternation)
2
worry(noun, trouble, passion, distress, care)
1
dismals(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, woe)
1
heaviness(noun, depression, melancholy, gloom, misery)
1
heavy heart(noun, expression, distress, sorrow, depression)
1
heavyheartedness(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
1
lamentation(noun, trouble, discharge, worry, distress)
1
listlessness(noun, sorrow, melancholy, unhappiness, apathy)
1
low spirits(noun, expression, idiom, sorrow, depression)
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