Wistful
Wistful adjective - Showing pensive sadness.
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Synonyms for Wistful
Yearning is a synonym for wistful in sad topic. In some cases you can use "Yearning" instead an adjective "Wistful", when it comes to topics like regretful, daydreaming. popular alternative
Nearby Word: wistfully
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Related pairs
- craving and wistful
- craving and yearning
- longing and wistful
- longing and yearning
- hankering and wistful
- hankering and yearning
- eager and wistful
- eager and yearning
- desirous and wistful
- desirous and yearning
- sentimental and wistful
- sentimental and yearning
- melancholy and wistful
- melancholy and yearning
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Yearning and Wistful. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/wistful/yearning
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Yearning or Wistful. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/wistful/yearning.
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