| Definition of 'wistfulness' |
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1. (noun) wistfulness
a sadly pensive longing
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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: peinsendheid |
 Arabic: حُزْن، كآبَه |
 Bulgarian: тъга |
 Brazilian: ânsia |
 Czech: nostalgie |
 German: die Sehnsucht |
 Danish: vemodighed |
 Greek: πίκρα, παράπονο |
 Spanish: melancolía |
 Estonian: igatsus |
 Farsi: اشتياق |
 Finnish: haikeus |
 French: air mélancolique |
 Hebrew: עֶצֶב |
 Hindi: उत्कंठता |
 Croatian: čeznuće, čežnja |
 Hungarian: reménytelen vágyódás |
 Indonesian: keinginan |
 Icelandic: löngunarfullt/dapurt yfir |
 Italian: malinconia |
 Japanese: もの欲しそう |
 Korean: 아쉬운 듯함 |
 Lithuanian: ilgesys |
 Latvian: ilgošanās |
 Malay: kesayuan; kehibaan |
 Dutch: het smachten |
 Norwegian: vemodighet |
 Polish: tęskność |
 Persian: اشتياق |
 Pashto: ليوالتيا، ارمان، هيله |
 Portuguese: saudade |
 Romanian: aer melancolic |
 Russian: тоска |
 Slovak: zármutok, melanchólia |
 Slovenian: otožnost |
 Serbian: čežnjivost |
 Swedish: längtan, trånad |
 Thai: ความโหยหา |
 Turkish: özlem çekme |
 Taiwanese: 惆悵 |
 Ukrainian: задумливість |
 Urdu: پُر حسرت ہونا |
 Vietnamese: sự bâng khuâng |
 Chinese: 愁闷 |
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