Meaning wistful
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wistful(adj.) full of yearning; musingly sad (Since her pet rabbit died, Edda missed it terribly and was wistful all day long.)
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wistfulshowing pensive sadness She turned toward him, her face troubled, her eyes most wistful. — Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
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wistful1610s, "closely attentive," perhaps from obsolete wistly "intently" (c. 1500), of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed on the model of wishful. Middle English wistful meant "bount [..]
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wistfulpensive: showing pensive sadness; "the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty" (wistfully) in a wistful manner; "his sister wou [..]
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wistful(adj) showing pensive sadness
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wistful
Full of yearning or longing.
''His eyes grew wistful as he recalled his university days.''
Sad and thoughtful.
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wistfulWistful (foaled in 1946 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. The daughter of Sun Again and granddaughter of Sun Teddy is best remembered for wins in the Kentucky Oaks, the Coaching Clu [..]
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