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wistful
wist·ful W0189600 (wĭst′fəl)adj.1. Full of melancholy longing or wishful yearning: "She seemed wistful for the old days when I'd hung around her all the time" (David Huddle).2. Expressing sadness or yearning: "She saw the wisftul eyes grow yet more wistful, the lips curve to a pleading smile" (Dorothy Parker).
[Alteration (influenced by wishful) of obsolete wistly, intently, perhaps from variant of whistly, whishtly, silently, from whist, silent, from whist, hush! (interjection calling for silence), from Middle English, of imitative origin.]
wist′ful·ly adv.wist′ful·ness n.wistful (ˈwɪstfʊl) adjsadly pensive, esp about something yearned for ˈwistfully adv ˈwistfulness nwist•ful (ˈwɪst fəl)
adj. 1. characterized by a pensive longing or yearning. 2. pensive, esp. in a melancholy way. [1605–15; obsolete wist quiet, silent, attentive + -ful] wist′ful•ly, adv. wist′ful•ness, n. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | wistful - showing pensive sadness; "the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty"pensivesad - experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; "feeling sad because his dog had died"; "Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad"- Christina Rossetti |
wistfuladjective melancholy, longing, dreaming, sad, musing, yearning, thoughtful, reflective, dreamy, forlorn, mournful, contemplative, meditative, pensive, disconsolate There was a wistful look in his eyes when he spoke of his childhood.wistfuladjectiveIn low spirits:blue, dejected, depressed, desolate, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, dull, dysphoric, gloomy, heavy-hearted, low, melancholic, melancholy, sad, spiritless, tristful, unhappy.Idiom: down at the mouth.Translationswistful (ˈwistful) adjective thoughtful and rather sad, (as if) longing for something with little hope. The dog looked into the butcher's window with a wistful expression on his face. 惆悵的 愁闷的ˈwistfully adverb 惆悵地 愁闷地ˈwistfulness noun 惆悵 愁闷wistful
Synonyms for wistfuladj melancholySynonyms- melancholy
- longing
- dreaming
- sad
- musing
- yearning
- thoughtful
- reflective
- dreamy
- forlorn
- mournful
- contemplative
- meditative
- pensive
- disconsolate
Synonyms for wistfuladj in low spiritsSynonyms- blue
- dejected
- depressed
- desolate
- dispirited
- down
- downcast
- downhearted
- dull
- dysphoric
- gloomy
- heavy-hearted
- low
- melancholic
- melancholy
- sad
- spiritless
- tristful
- unhappy
Synonyms for wistfuladj showing pensive sadnessSynonymsRelated Words |