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1. (adj.) wistful
characterized by a pensive longing or yearning.
2. wistful
pensive, esp. in a melancholy way.
Etymology: (1605–15; obs. wist quiet, silent, attentive + -ful)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) pensive, wistful
showing pensive sadness
"the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty"
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1. (adj) wistful
longing; wishful; desirous
2. (adj) wistful
full of thought; eagerly attentive; meditative; musing; pensive; contemplative
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Sense: 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.
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 Afrikaans: droefgeestig |
 Arabic: حَزين، كَئيب |
 Bulgarian: тъжен |
 Brazilian: pensativo / ansioso |
 Czech: toužebný, smutný |
 German: sehnsüchtig |
 Danish: vemodig |
 Greek: συλλογισμένος, μελαγχολικ |
 Spanish: pensativo, melancólico |
 Estonian: igatsev |
 Farsi: مشتاق |
 Finnish: haikea |
 French: mélancolique |
 Hebrew: מַרגִיש צַעַר |
 Hindi: उत्कंठ |
 Croatian: čeznutljiv |
 Hungarian: vágyakozó |
 Indonesian: penuh keinginan |
 Icelandic: löngunarfullur, dapurlegu |
 Italian: malinconico |
 Japanese: もの欲しそうな |
 Korean: 아쉬운 듯한 |
 Lithuanian: ilgesingas |
 Latvian: ilgpilns; sapņains |
 Malay: sayu; hiba; rawan |
 Dutch: smachtend |
 Norwegian: lengselsfull, vemodig |
 Polish: tęskny |
 Persian: مشتاق |
 Pashto: لېوال، ارمانجن، هيله من |
 Portuguese: saudoso |
 Romanian: melancolic |
 Russian: тоскливый |
 Slovak: túžobný, zamyslený; vážny |
 Slovenian: otožen |
 Serbian: čežnjiv |
 Swedish: längtansfull, trånande |
 Thai: ซึ่งละห้อยหา |
 Turkish: özlem dolu, hasret çeken |
 Taiwanese: 惆悵的 |
 Ukrainian: задумливий, мрійливий |
 Urdu: خواہش مند |
 Vietnamese: bâng khuâng |
 Chinese: 愁闷的 |
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