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Definition of wistful in English: wistfuladjective ˈwɪs(t)f(ə)lˈwɪs(t)fʊlˈwɪs(t)fəl Having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing. 渴望的，留恋的，惆怅的，怅惘的，依依不舍的 怅然一笑。 Example sentencesExamples - If you ask about her previous boyfriend and she gets a small, wistful smile on her face, change the subject.
- I could see him going back in time and a small, wistful smile curled up on his lips.
- Christian's eyebrows rose good-naturedly and his bow shaped mouth formed a wistful smile.
- Clarke has responded to his critics with a dollop of wistful regret, followed by an adamant refusal to back down.
- What distinguishes Harcourt from his contemporaries is the way he laces his stories with wistful charm and surreal humour.
- All four wistful and melodic tracks document yearning and loss with an almost angelic intervention.
- And so, against all the odds, and all the elements, Powell got to make his wistful and impassioned film.
- Tin became wistful and in a surge of nostalgia offered to show me round.
- Director Bob Baker seems to have an innate understanding of the Coward paradox, that wistful vitriol.
- It has a wistful quality, a longing for a world gone never to return, which an author of Sampson's vintage can and should be excused.
- The entire point of this post wasn't to engage in wistful remembrances.
- She chuckled lightly and exhaled a sigh caught somewhere in between wistful and dreamy.
- He held in a wistful sigh and smiled warmly when her eyes flicked up in the mirror, meeting his.
- This part of the song comes out as something of a wistful ballad, but more interesting than most.
- They ran through emotions from funny, romantic and sad, to witty, wistful and thought-provoking.
- Gregory felt a chill run up his spine at the wistful, dreamy tone of her voice.
- As I scraped applesauce and cream of eel from countless plates I felt wistful.
- Hanging in the heart of Edinburgh, Constable's vision of Dedham Vale is a wistful window on to the very soul of rural England.
- The look on his face is, by now, nearly wistful; the smile almost bittersweet.
- There was a wistful, daydreaming quality to Pete's voice that lulled me almost to sleep as we rode.
Synonyms regretful, nostalgic, yearning, longing plaintive, rueful, melancholy, sad, mournful, forlorn, disconsolate, woebegone, doleful pensive, reflective, contemplative, meditative, dreamy, daydreaming, in a reverie
OriginEarly 17th century: apparently from obsolete wistly 'intently', influenced by wishful. Definition of wistful in US English: wistfuladjectiveˈwis(t)fəlˈwɪs(t)fəl Having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing. 渴望的，留恋的，惆怅的，怅惘的，依依不舍的 怅然一笑。 Example sentencesExamples - And so, against all the odds, and all the elements, Powell got to make his wistful and impassioned film.
- Tin became wistful and in a surge of nostalgia offered to show me round.
- As I scraped applesauce and cream of eel from countless plates I felt wistful.
- Gregory felt a chill run up his spine at the wistful, dreamy tone of her voice.
- The entire point of this post wasn't to engage in wistful remembrances.
- He held in a wistful sigh and smiled warmly when her eyes flicked up in the mirror, meeting his.
- She chuckled lightly and exhaled a sigh caught somewhere in between wistful and dreamy.
- The look on his face is, by now, nearly wistful; the smile almost bittersweet.
- They ran through emotions from funny, romantic and sad, to witty, wistful and thought-provoking.
- It has a wistful quality, a longing for a world gone never to return, which an author of Sampson's vintage can and should be excused.
- All four wistful and melodic tracks document yearning and loss with an almost angelic intervention.
- This part of the song comes out as something of a wistful ballad, but more interesting than most.
- Clarke has responded to his critics with a dollop of wistful regret, followed by an adamant refusal to back down.
- If you ask about her previous boyfriend and she gets a small, wistful smile on her face, change the subject.
- Christian's eyebrows rose good-naturedly and his bow shaped mouth formed a wistful smile.
- I could see him going back in time and a small, wistful smile curled up on his lips.
- What distinguishes Harcourt from his contemporaries is the way he laces his stories with wistful charm and surreal humour.
- There was a wistful, daydreaming quality to Pete's voice that lulled me almost to sleep as we rode.
- Hanging in the heart of Edinburgh, Constable's vision of Dedham Vale is a wistful window on to the very soul of rural England.
- Director Bob Baker seems to have an innate understanding of the Coward paradox, that wistful vitriol.
Synonyms regretful, nostalgic, yearning, longing
OriginEarly 17th century: apparently from obsolete wistly ‘intently’, influenced by wishful. |