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wistful |
Grep of noun wistful wistfulness Overview of adj wistful The adj wistful has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. wistful, yearning -- (full of longing or unfulfilled desire; "those wistful little ads that the lovelorn place in the classifieds") 2. pensive, wistful -- (showing pensive sadness; "the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty") Antonyms of adj wistful 2 senses of wistful Sense 1 wistful, yearning INDIRECT (VIA sad) -> glad Sense 2 pensive, wistful INDIRECT (VIA sad) -> glad Similarity of adj wistful 2 senses of wistful Sense 1 wistful, yearning => sad (vs. glad) Sense 2 pensive, wistful => sad (vs. glad) Attributes of adj wistful Familiarity of adj wistful wistful used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj wistful wistful Overview of adj wistful The adj wistful has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. wistful, yearning -- (full of longing or unfulfilled desire; "those wistful little ads that the lovelorn place in the classifieds") 2. pensive, wistful -- (showing pensive sadness; "the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty")
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