145 entries under noun topic. ×

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homesickness(melancholy, longing, yearning, regret)
9
nostalgia(melancholy, will, regret, languor)
7
melancholy(sorrow, depression, sadness, unhappiness)
6
pensiveness(sorrow, depression, melancholy, sadness)
5
longing(melancholy, will, yearning, regret)
5
musing(thought, thoughtfulness, vagueness, pensiveness)
5
yearning(melancholy, longing, regret, languor)
4
absorption(thought, thoughtfulness, vagueness, musing)
4
dejection(sorrow, depression, melancholy, sadness)
4
preoccupation(thought, thoughtfulness, vagueness, musing)
4
sadness(sorrow, depression, melancholy, gloom)
4
study(thought, thoughtfulness, vagueness, musing)
3
abstraction(thoughtfulness, vagueness, musing, pensiveness)
3
concentration
3
gloominess(sorrow, depression, melancholy, sadness)
3
mournfulness(sorrow, depression, melancholy, sadness)
2
blues(sorrow, depression, melancholy, sadness)
2
brooding
2
contemplation(thought, thoughtfulness, vagueness, musing)
2
contemplativeness(thoughtfulness, dejection, musing, reflectiveness)
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