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Detailed Synonyms for wistfulness in English

wistfulness:

wistfulness [the ~] noun

  1. the wistfulness
    the mournfulness; the sorrow; the regret; the dejection; the melancholy; the wistfulness; the depression; the sadness
  2. the wistfulness
    – a sadly pensive longing 1
    the wistfulness
    – a sadly pensive longing 1

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  1. a sadly pensive longing1

wistful:

wistful adj

  1. wistful
    gloomy; sad; sombre; pensive; triste; moody; wistful; cheerless; joyless; somber
  2. wistful
  3. wistful
  4. wistful
    – showing pensive sadness 1
    wistful; pensive
    – showing pensive sadness 1
    • wistful adj
      • the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty1
    • pensive adj

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Related Definitions for "wistful":

  1. showing pensive sadness1
    • the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty1