Quick definitions from Macmillan ()
|
|
Provided by

Quick definitions from WordNet (wistful)
▸ adjective: full of longing or unfulfilled desire ("Those wistful little ads that the lovelorn place in the classifieds")
▸ adjective: showing pensive sadness ("The sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty")
▸ Also see wistfulness
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to wistful
▸ Usage examples for wistful
▸ Popular nouns described by wistful
▸ Words that often appear near wistful
▸ Rhymes of wistful
▸ Invented words related to wistful
▸ adjective: full of longing or unfulfilled desire ("Those wistful little ads that the lovelorn place in the classifieds")
▸ adjective: showing pensive sadness ("The sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty")
▸ Also see wistfulness
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to wistful
▸ Usage examples for wistful
▸ Popular nouns described by wistful
▸ Words that often appear near wistful
▸ Rhymes of wistful
▸ Invented words related to wistful