Usually means: Longing for the past nostalgically.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. wistfulness: Merriam-Webster
  2. wistfulness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. wistfulness: Collins English Dictionary
  4. wistfulness: Vocabulary.com
  5. wistfulness: Wordnik
  6. wistfulness: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. wistfulness: Wiktionary
  8. wistfulness: Dictionary.com
  9. Wistfulness: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. wistfulness: Rhymezone
  11. wistfulness: FreeDictionary.org
  12. wistfulness: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. wistfulness: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. wistfulness: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (wistfulness)

▸ noun:  The state or characteristic of being wistful.

Similar:
wishfulness, wispiness, witfulness, wizenedness, wiseness, wartiness, wryness, waifishness, dewiness, weepiness, more...

Opposite:
contentment, satisfaction, happiness

Types:
longing, nostalgia, regret, more...

Adjectives:
certain, strange, great, pathetic, curious, sudden, sad, sweet, gentle, eager, dim

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Similar:
wishfulness, wispiness, witfulness, wizenedness, wiseness, wartiness, wryness, waifishness, dewiness, weepiness, more...

Opposite:
contentment, satisfaction, happiness

Types:
longing, nostalgia, regret, more...

Adjectives:
certain, strange, great, pathetic, curious, sudden, sad, sweet, gentle, eager, dim



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