wistful English

Meaning wistful meaning

What does wistful mean?

wistful

— adjective (= pensive) showing pensive sadness the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty

Synonyms wistful synonyms

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pensive

nostalgic

yearning

melancholy

melancholic

sad

broody

yearningly

yearnful

wistfulness

wistfully

wishful

thoughtful

speculative

sombre

somber

skeptical

sceptical

sceptic

ruminative

ruminant

reminiscent

reflective

plaintive

pining

pensiveness

pensively

mournful

moody

melancholically

longing

joyless

eager

downcast

doleful

dismal

despondent

depressed

contemplative

cogitative

blue

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Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Sad

• What words describe someone who feels sad?
  sad crestfallen dejected disappointed discouraged doleful down downcast downhearted fed up forlorn gloomy glum grouchy grumpy with a heavy heart homesick low melancholy morose mournful pensive sober (adj) solemn sorry sorrowful sullen unhappy wistful woeful