12
feeling(noun, verb, emotion, reaction, sentiment)
9
ache(noun, state, distress, pain, condition)
9
pain(noun, state, distress, anguish)
7
anguish(noun, state, distress, pain)
7
hardship(noun, state, pain, condition, grief)
7
severe pain(noun, expression, state, pain, condition)
6
calamity(noun, state, pain, condition, grief)
6
characteristic(noun, feature, trait, attribute)
6
grief(noun, state, pain, condition)
6
painfulness(noun, state, pain, condition, grief)
6
sorrow(noun, state, pain, condition, grief)
6
wretchedness(noun, state, pain, condition, grief)
5
attribute(noun, feature, characteristic, trait)
5
emotion(noun, feeling, reaction, sentiment)
5
feature(noun, characteristic, trait, attribute)
5
feel(noun, feeling, emotion, reaction, sentiment)
5
hurting(noun, state, pain, condition, grief)
5
malady(noun, state, distress, pain, anguish)
5
miserableness(noun, state, pain, condition, grief)
5
misery(noun, state, distress, pain, anguish)
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