wistful

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wistful Definition

• (s) full of longing or unfulfilled desire; "those wistful little ads that the lovelorn place in the classifieds"
• (s) showing pensive sadness; "the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty"

wistful Synonyms

• pensive
• wistful
• yearning