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wistfulness
noun
(wist-ful-ness)
a sadly pensive longing
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melancholy
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poignancy
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nostalgia
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ruefulness
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pathos
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sadness
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dreaminess
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sentimentality
,
pensiveness
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hopefulness
,
plaintiveness
,
playfulness
,
languor
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mournfulness
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poignance
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soulfulness
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ennui
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joyousness
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lyricism
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lugubriousness
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weariness
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sullenness
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lightheartedness
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despondence
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angst
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cynicism
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romanticism
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wryness
,
mawkishness
,
poeticism
,
sunniness
,
whimsy
,
moroseness
,
jauntiness
,
melancholia
,
facetiousness
,
mellowness
,
reveries
,
longing
,
strangeness
,
fatalism
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breeziness
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inwardness
,
tunefulness
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knowingness
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worldliness
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theatricality
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somberness
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archness
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sweetness
,
rawness
,
nasality
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ingenuousness
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girlishness
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winsomeness
,
ethereality
,
lushness
,
affectless
,
profundity
,
brassiness
,
blankness
,
melody
,
sappiness
,
awkwardness
,
mushiness
,
evocation
,
melodiousness
,
yearning
,
quaver
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bathos
,
tonalities
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reminiscence
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cheeriness
,
insouciance
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torchy
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placidity
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drollness
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triteness
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incredulousness
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sublimity
,
lucidity
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gawkiness
,
aimlessness
,
jadedness
,
peevishness
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sultriness
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chromaticism
,
exuberance
,
lonesomeness
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rubato
,
sentimentalism
,
tinges
,
ambivalence
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diffidence
,
sombreness
,
naivete
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oddness
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acerbity
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whimsicality
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quirkiness
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wistfulness
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