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wistfulness
wist·ful W0189600 (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).
[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.]
wist′ful·ly adv.wist′ful·ness n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | wistfulness - a sadly pensive longinglonging, yearning, hungriness - prolonged unfulfilled desire or need |
Translationswistful (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. 惆悵的 愁闷的ˈwistfully adverb 惆悵地 愁闷地ˈwistfulness noun 惆悵 愁闷wistfulness
Words related to wistfulnessnoun a sadly pensive longingRelated Words- longing
- yearning
- hungriness
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