wistful 音标拼音: [w'ɪstfəl]
a . 渴望的,想望的
渴望的,想望的
wistful adj 1 :
showing pensive sadness ; "
the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty " [
synonym :
{
pensive }, {
wistful }]
Wistful \
Wist "
ful \,
a . [
For wishful ;
perhaps influenced by wistly ,
which is probably corrupted from OE .
wisly certainly (
from Icel .
viss certain ,
akin to E .
wit ).
See {
Wish }.]
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1 .
Longing ;
wishful ;
desirous .
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Lifting up one of my sashes ,
I cast many a wistful ,
melancholy look towards the sea . --
Swift .
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2 .
Full of thought ;
eagerly attentive ;
meditative ;
musing ;
pensive ;
contemplative .
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That he who there at such an hour hath been ,
Will wistful linger on that hallowed spot . --
Byron .
[
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Wist "
ful *
ly },
adv . -- {
Wist "
ful *
ness },
n .
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72 Moby Thesaurus words for "
wistful ":
ashamed ,
atrabiliar ,
atrabilious ,
blue ,
cogitative ,
cognitive ,
concentrating ,
concentrative ,
conceptive ,
conceptual ,
conceptualized ,
conscience -
smitten ,
conscience -
stricken ,
contemplating ,
contemplative ,
deliberating ,
deliberative ,
excogitating ,
full of remorse ,
funky ,
hankering ,
homesick ,
honing ,
ideative ,
introspective ,
languishing ,
longing ,
meditating ,
meditative ,
melancholic ,
melancholy ,
mental ,
museful ,
musing ,
noetic ,
nostalgic ,
pensive ,
pining ,
pondering ,
prehensive ,
reflecting ,
reflective ,
regretful ,
remorseful ,
repining ,
rueful ,
ruminant ,
ruminating ,
ruminative ,
self -
accusing ,
self -
condemning ,
self -
convicting ,
self -
debasing ,
self -
flagellating ,
self -
humiliating ,
self -
punishing ,
self -
reproaching ,
serious ,
shamefaced ,
shamefast ,
shameful ,
sober ,
sorry ,
speculative ,
thinking ,
thought ,
thoughtful ,
tristful ,
unhappy about ,
wishful ,
yearnful ,
yearning
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