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daydream(thoughtfulness, vagueness, musing, pensiveness, reflectiveness)
2
depression(noun, sorrow, melancholy, sadness, gloom)
2
despair(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, sadness)
2
despondency(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, sadness)
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dispiritedness(noun, dejection, heavyheartedness, mulligrubs)
2
downheartedness(noun, sorrow, sadness, unhappiness, dejection)
2
dreariness(noun, dejection)
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ennui(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, sadness)
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gloom(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, sadness)
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grief(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, sadness)
2
meditation(noun, thought, thoughtfulness, vagueness, musing)
2
misery(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, sadness)
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moodiness(noun, dejection, heavyheartedness, mulligrubs)
2
pondering(noun, thought)
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reasoning(noun, thought)
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reflection(noun, thought, pensiveness)
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remorse(noun, melancholy, longing, yearning, languor)
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sentimentality(noun, melancholy, longing, yearning, regret)
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sorrow(noun, depression, melancholy, sadness, gloom)
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thought(noun, thought, thoughtfulness, vagueness, musing)
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