Wistful means showing a pensive or thoughtful sadness, as from regrets or yearning.
Will someone answer this question, I am very wistful.
The lone girl wistfully stared across the sea from the window of the lighthouse, wishing her lover would return home.
"Wistfully" means deep in thought in a melancholy way, as though deeply hoping for something.
He gave a wistful smile as we talked about our university days. (adjective)
He smiled wistfully as we talked. (adverb)
The word wistful means having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing. Words that also mean wistful include pensive, thoughtful, longing, sad and wishful.
* forlorn * yearning * longing * melancholy
sadly, pensively, unhappily, thoughtfully
nostalgic
The definition of wistful regards a joyous or happy condition. Therefore, the antonyms to wistful include sorrow and joyless.
Mary was in a wistful mood, thinking about her boyfriend being gone for three months.The television show The Waltons is a wistful look at life in simpler times.Julian looked at the bakery in a wistful look
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I think the root word of wistful is wit. Wit means 'ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure'. Past tense of wit is wist.
Yes, it is an adverb. It means in a wistful, longing, or yearning manner.
more wistful, most wistful
The word wistful is an adjective. It describes something that is full of longing.
The definition of wistful regards a joyous or happy condition. Therefore, the antonyms to wistful include sorrow and joyless.
Mary was in a wistful mood, thinking about her boyfriend being gone for three months.The television show The Waltons is a wistful look at life in simpler times.Julian looked at the bakery in a wistful look
The duration of The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap is 1.3 hours.
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap was created on 1947-10-08.
A wistful sound carried through the empty room, stirring up memories of a time long past.
Poignant and wistful.
Wistful
your full of melancholy sadness
I think the root word of wistful is wit. Wit means 'ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure'. Past tense of wit is wist.
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