Dark and Wistful

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Dark adjective - Being without light or without much light.

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Wistful and dark are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wistful" instead an adjective "Dark".

Nearby Words: darken, darkness, darkened, darkening, darkly

Wistful adjective - Showing pensive sadness.

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Dark and wistful are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dark" instead an adjective "Wistful".

Nearby Word: wistfully

Dark Reprise: The observatory's theme is a peaceful piano theme at first, but as Elena's condition worsens the theme becomes more and more wistful, eventually becoming a quiet and mournful organ.

Source: Video Game / Pandora's Tower
Billy Wilder's classic Film Noir from 1950, Sunset Boulevard is a dark take on the film industry and the fleeting nature of fame, to this day one of Hollywood's most scorching (and yet wistful) depictions of itself, and indeed one of the greatest films of all time.

Source: Film / Sunset Boulevard
Several characters' (Leona, Rika, and Yamazaki) Dark And Troubled Pasts are delved into, and we see the effect the Wistful Amnesia has on Shiraishi and Yamazaki.

Source: Manga / Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches

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