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Synonyms for wistfulness in English

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wistfulness:
- mournfulness; sorrow; regret; dejection; melancholy; wistfulness; depression; sadness
wistful:
- gloomy; sad; sombre; pensive; triste; moody; wistful; cheerless; joyless; somber; melancholic; nostalgic

English

Detailed Synonyms for wistfulness in English

wistfulness:

wistfulness [the ~] noun

the wistfulness
the mournfulness; the sorrow; the regret; the dejection; the melancholy; the wistfulness; the depression; the sadness
- mournfulness [the ~] noun
- sorrow [the ~] noun
- regret [the ~] noun
- dejection [the ~] noun
- melancholy [the ~] noun
- wistfulness [the ~] noun
- depression [the ~] noun
- sadness [the ~] noun
the wistfulness

– a sadly pensive longing ¹
the wistfulness
– a sadly pensive longing ¹
- wistfulness [the ~] noun

Related Words for "wistfulness":

wistful

Alternate Synonyms for "wistfulness":

longing; yearning; hungriness

Related Definitions for "wistfulness":

a sadly pensive longing¹

wistful:

wistful adj

wistful
gloomy; sad; sombre; pensive; triste; moody; wistful; cheerless; joyless; somber
- gloomy adj
- sad adj
- sombre adj, British
- pensive adj
- triste adj
- moody adj
- wistful adj
- cheerless adj
- joyless adj
- somber adj, American
wistful
melancholic; nostalgic; wistful; sad; pensive
- melancholic adj
- nostalgic adj
- wistful adj
- sad adj
- pensive adj
wistful
melancholic; sad; wistful
- melancholic adj
- sad adj
- wistful adj
wistful

– showing pensive sadness ¹
wistful; pensive
– showing pensive sadness ¹
- wistful adj
  - the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty¹
- pensive adj

Related Words for "wistful":

wistfulness, wistfully

Alternate Synonyms for "wistful":

pensive; sad

Related Definitions for "wistful":

showing pensive sadness¹
- the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty¹

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