wistfulness

wist·ful

 (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).

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[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.]

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wist′ful·ly adv.

wist′ful·ness n.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

wistfulness - a sadly pensive longing longing, yearning, hungriness - prolonged unfulfilled desire or need

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Translations

حُزْن، كآبَه

vemodighed

SehnsuchtWehmut

reménytelen vágyódás

löngunarfullt/dapurt yfirbragî

özlem çekme

愁闷

wistfulness

[ˈwɪstfʊlnɪs] N (= thoughtfulness) → lo pensativo; (= sadness) → melancolía f, tristeza f

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wistfulness

n (of smile, thoughts, look) → Wehmut f; (of song) → Schwermut f

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wistful

(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. droefgeestig حَزين، كَئيب тъжен pensativo / ansioso toužebný, smutný sehnsüchtig vemodig 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 아쉬운 듯한 ilgesingas ilgpilns; sapņains sayu; hiba; rawan smachtendlengselsfull, vemodigtęskny لېوال، ارمانجن، هيله من saudoso melan­colic тоскливый túžobný, zamyslený; vážny otožen čežnjiv längtansfull, trånande ซึ่งละห้อยหา özlem dolu, hasret çeken 惆悵的 задумливий, мрійливий خواہش مند bâng khuâng 愁闷的

ˈwistfully adverb

peinsend بِكآبَه، بِحُزْن тъжно ansiosamente melancholický sehnsüchtig vemodigt παραπονεμένα, πικραμένα, μελαγχολικάmelancólicamente igatsevalt مشتاقانه haikeasti avec mélancolie בְּעֶצֶב उत्कंठतापूर्वक čeznutljivo vágyakozóan dengan penuh keinginan með löngunarfullum svip, dapurlega malinconicamente もの欲しそうに 아쉬운 듯이 ilgesingai ar ilgošanos; sapņaini dengan sayu smachtendlengselsfullt, vemodig tęsknie په لېوالتيا، په ارمان، په هيله saudosamente cu melancolie с тоской melancholicky otožno čežnjivo längtansfullt, trånande, trånsjukt ด้วยความโหยหา özleyerek 惆悵地 задумливо حسرت سے một cách bâng khuâng 愁闷地

ˈwistfulness noun

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

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