Definition & Meaning of "wistful"in English

wistful

expressing longing or yearning tinged with sadness or melancholy, often for something unattainable or lost

Grammatical Information

Composition

Simple

qualitative

Superlative

most wistful

Comparative

more wistful

gradable

domain

emotion, memory, nostalgia

Examples

Walking past the park where they used to play as children, he felt a wistful pang of nostalgia for simpler times.

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