wistful

wist·ful  (wstfl)

adj.

1. Full of wishful yearning.

2. Pensively sad; melancholy.

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[From obsolete wistly, intently.]

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wistful·ly adv.

wistful·ness n.

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wistful

Adjective

sadly wishing for something lost or unobtainable

wistfully adv
wistfulness n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

wistful - showing pensive sadness; "the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty" pensive sad - 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

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wistful

adjective melancholy, longing, dreaming, sad, musing, yearning, thoughtful, reflective, dreamy, forlorn, mournful, contemplative, meditative, pensive, disconsolate

Translations

wistful [ˈwɪstful] adj → pensativo (= nostalgic); nostálgico

wistful [ˈwɪstful] adj → mélancolique

wistful [ˈwɪstful] adj → wehmütig

wistful [ˈwɪstful] adj → malinconico/a (= nostalgic); nostalgico/a

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wistful

adj wistful [ˈwistful]

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. droefgeestig حَزين، كَئيب тъжен toužebný, smutný vemodig sehnsüchtig συλλογισμένος, μελαγχολικός, με ελπίδα pensativo, melancólico igatsev مشتاق haikea mélancolique מַרגִיש צַעַר उत्कंठ čeznutljiv vágyakozó penuh keinginan löngunarfullur, dapurlegur malinconico もの欲しそうな 탐내는 듯한 ilgesingas ilgpilns; sapņains sayu; hiba; rawan smachtend lengselsfull, vemodig tęskny saudoso melan­colic тоскливый túžobný, zamyslený; vážny otožen čežnjiv längtansfull, trånande ซึ่งละห้อยหา özlem dolu, hasret çeken 愁悶的 задумливий, мрійливий خواہش مند bâng khuâng 愁闷的

adv ˈwistfully

peinsend بِكآبَه، بِحُزْن тъжно melancholický vemodigt sehnsüchtig παραπονεμένα, πικραμένα, μελαγχολικά melancólicamente igatsevalt مشتاقانه haikeasti avec mélancolie בְּעֶצֶב उत्कंठतापूर्वक čeznutljivo vágyakozóan dengan penuh keinginan með löngunarfullum svip, dapurlega malinconicamente もの欲しそうに 탐내는 듯이 ilgesingai ar ilgošanos; sapņaini dengan sayu smachtend lengselsfullt, vemodig tęsknie saudosamente cu melancolie с тоской melancholicky otožno čežnjivo längtansfullt, trånande, trånsjukt ด้วยความโหยหา özleyerek 愁悶地 задумливо حسرت سے một cách bâng khuâng 愁闷地

n ˈwistfulness

peinsendheid حُزْن، كآبَه тъга nostalgie vemodighed die Sehnsucht πίκρα, παράπονο melancolía igatsus اشتياق haikeus air mélancolique עֶצֶב उत्कंठता čeznuće, čežnja reménytelen vágyódás keinginan löngunarfullt/dapurt yfirbragð malinconia もの欲しそう 탐을 냄 ilgesys ilgošanās kesayuan; kehibaan het smachten vemodighet tęskność saudade aer melancolic тоска zármutok, melanchólia otožnost čežnjivost längtan, trånad ความโหยหา özlem çekme 愁悶 задумливість پُر حسرت ہونا sự bâng khuâng 愁闷