📖 Definitions of "Wistful"
adjective
- 1
Full of longing or yearning.
"His eyes grew wistful as he recalled his university days."
- 2
Sad and thoughtful.
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💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Wistful"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| yearningnoun | A wistful or melancholy longing. |
| pensive | Engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought. |
| sad | Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful. |
| whistful | Alternative form of wistful. [Full of longing or yearning.] |
| yearnful | Filled with yearning; desirous; mournful; distressing. |
| hollow-hearted | insincere; deceitful; treacherous; hypocritical. |
| yearnsome | Expressing, indicating, or full of yearning; yearnful; desirous. |
| weepful | (obsolete) Full of weeping or lamentation. |
| desiderativenoun | (linguistics, grammar) A verbal mood expressing the desire to carry out an act, found in languages such as Ancient Greek and Sanskrit; the optative. |
| wailful | (chiefly poetic) Sorrowful; mournful. |
| dewy-eyed | Having eyes with a moist, glistening appearance, especially as indicating that one is on the verge of crying or that one is experiencing strong emotions. |
| doleful | Filled with grief, mournful, bringing feelings of sadness. |
| sadful | (rare, poetic) Full of sadness; sorrowful. |
| moanfulnoun | Full of moaning; expressing sorrow |
| mournful | Filled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns. |
| reminiscenceful | Full of reminiscence. |
| woeful | Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity. |
| sighfulnoun | (poetic) Full of sighs. |
| wantish | Suggesting or pertaining to wants or desires; desirous. |
| mistynoun | A female given name from English, reasonably popular in the 1970s and the 1980s. |
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