Wistful Meaning. She was wistful for a moment then asked Do you remember the old playground. Thinking sadly about something you would like to have but cannot have especially something that you used to have in the past a wistful smile wistfully adverb Thats the house where I was.
Full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy also. A thoughtful or pensive mood centered on something good in the past that is missed or something not so good in the present that could have been better if only. Synonyms and related words.
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Adjective melancholy longing dreaming sad musing yearning thoughtful reflective dreamy forlorn mournful contemplative meditative pensive disconsolate There was a wistful look in his eyes when he spoke of his childhood. Sad and thinking about something that is impossible or in the past. He had a wistful look on his face. Pensive especially in a melancholy way.
