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Meaning of 'wistful' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Wistful [ a.]
- Longing; wishful; desirous.
- Full of thought; eagerly attentive; meditative; musing; pensive; contemplative.

Meaning of 'wistful' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . wistful [ s]
Meaning (1):
- showing pensive sadness
Example in sentence:
  • the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty

Nearby Words:

wis wisard wisdom wise wise-hearted wise-like wiseacre wiseling wisely wiseness

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