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Thesaurus: wistful

Longing; wishful; desirous.

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  1. a. Longing; wishful; desirous.
  2. a. Full of thought; eagerly attentive; meditative; musing; pensive; contemplative.
  3. adj. showing pensive sadness
  4. 1. Longing; wishful; desirous. Lifting up one of my sashes, I cast many a wistful, melancholy look towards the sea. Swift. 2. Full of thought; eagerly attentive; meditative; musing; pensive; contemplative. That he who there at such an hour hath been, Will wistful linger on that hallowed spot. Byron. -- Wist"ful*ly, adv. -- Wist"ful*ness, n.
  5. j:100 s showing pensive sadness