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wistful

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Phonetic spelling

  • ˈwist-fəl

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wistful is not considered offensive across 1 Merriam-Webster entry.

Dictionary2 results
  1. full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy; also : inspiring such yearning
  2. musingly sad : pensive
Thesaurus1 results
  1. showing or evoking a sad longing for an often idealized past
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Urban Dictionary4 results

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  1. A [regretful] [longing]
  2. A longing look into the distance, the [key] is to make it look like you naturally looking out at your loved one leaving for war, or in deep thought with a [touch] of [happiness] and a touch of sorrow.
  3. An insincere, [sad] [attempt] at [smiling]
  4. That point along the road to inebriated where you start to think about things that bum you out, [people] you [miss], and how you [wish] the situation you were drinking in was more enjoyable.
Associations20 results
  1. contemplative
  2. pensive
  3. melancholy
  4. somber
  5. mourning
  6. depressed
  7. cheerless
  8. reflective
  9. gloom
  10. dismal
  11. sadness
  12. despondent
  13. thoughtful
  14. despair
  15. sorrow
  16. nostalgia
  17. sadden
  18. gloomy
  19. elegiac
  20. depression

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