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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
- full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy; also : inspiring such yearning
- musingly sad : pensive
Thesaurus1 results
- showing or evoking a sad longing for an often idealized past
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Urban Dictionary4 results
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- A [regretful] [longing]
- 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.
- An insincere, [sad] [attempt] at [smiling]
- 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
- contemplative
- pensive
- melancholy
- somber
- mourning
- depressed
- cheerless
- reflective
- gloom
- dismal
- sadness
- despondent
- thoughtful
- despair
- sorrow
- nostalgia
- sadden
- gloomy
- elegiac
- depression

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