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wistful
adjective
(wist-ful)
showing pensive sadness
Synonyms:
pensive
,
Examples:
The sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty.
Words Related to
wistful
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pensive
,
yearning
,
sad
,
melancholy
,
melancholic
,
nostalgic
,
mournful
,
rueful
,
dreamy
,
poignant
,
elegiac
,
plaintive
,
morose
,
introspective
,
wry
,
sorrowful
,
sentimental
,
ruminative
,
maudlin
,
doleful
,
plangent
,
bittersweet
,
lugubrious
,
somber
,
languid
,
sardonic
,
weepy
,
contemplative
,
evocative
,
languorous
,
soulful
,
heartfelt
,
joyful
,
poetic
,
sappy
,
sullen
,
joyous
,
melancholious
,
rhapsodic
,
epicedian
,
moony
,
schmaltzy
,
winsome
,
giddy
,
jaunty
,
tristful
,
epicedial
,
tremulous
,
gushy
,
mawkish
,
dolorous
,
songful
,
droll
,
atrabilarious
,
mellow
,
quavery
,
melancholist
,
haunting
,
wordsworthian
,
moonstruck
,
incantatory
,
girlish
,
melancholize
,
beguiling
,
carefree
,
atrabilarian
,
blithe
,
moody
,
lachrymose
,
childlike
,
tuneful
,
songlike
,
reproachful
,
careworn
,
wailful
,
fluttery
,
breathy
,
twangy
,
charming
,
reverent
,
threnetic
,
sunshiny
,
dernful
,
affectless
,
bluesy
,
trembly
,
countrified
,
ethereal
,
twee
,
endearing
,
whispery
,
overfamiliar
,
exuberant
,
mordant
,
cheery
,
frolicsome
,
guileless
,
jangly
,
muzzy
,
funereal
,
wistful
Examples by Brain Bank Users
By: Jamie
From:
Words From Novels or Stories - Nov 2018
Thankfully Eliot turned his wistful mood into a beautiful poem about the hardships he's faced in his early life.