| ax to grind(expression, idiom, protest, objection, complaint) |
| bad break(expression, disaster, trial, calamity) |
| barricade(noun, trouble, difficulty, pain, struggle) |
| big problem(noun, expression, trouble, bother, blow) |
| bitterness(noun, sorrow, grief) |
| blahs(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, misery) |
| bleakness(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, misery) |
| blue devils(noun, expression, sorrow, depression, melancholy) |
| blue funk(noun, expression, sorrow, depression, melancholy) |
| blues(noun, trouble, worry, distress, care) |
| bother(noun, trouble, charge, worry, blow) |
| broken heart(noun, expression, sorrow, depression, melancholy) |
| case(trouble, worry, difficulty, protest, lack) |
| cataclysm(noun, trouble, blow, distress, collapse) |
| check(noun, trouble, difficulty, pain, struggle) |
| cheerlessness(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, misery) |
| comedown(noun, bad feelings) |
| complication(noun, trouble, bother, blow, difficulty) |
| concern(noun, trouble, worry, distress, anxiety) |
| conflict(noun, torment) |