Wistful synonyms | Best 48 synonyms for wistful

nostalgic

Reminiscent of the speaker's childhood or younger years.

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sad

Ld. Berners

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mournful (related)

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longing

Feeling or showing a yearning

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low

Ranked near the beginning of an ascending series or scale:

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melancholy

The definition of melancholy is someone or something that is sad or gloomy.

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happy (antonym)

Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; having the feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace, tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous.

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pensive

Looking thoughtful, especially from sadness.

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wishful

Aspiring, or seeking advancement.

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unhappy

Not suitable; inappropriate:

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languorous (related)

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soulful

Full of or expressing deep feeling; profoundly emotional.

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dreamy

Like something in a dream; not sharply defined; misty, vague, etc.

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spiritless

Lacking energy, drive, motivation or emotion. Enervated.

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hopeless

Allowing no hope; causing despair

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plaintive

The definition of plaintive is something that is sad, mournful or expresses sorrow.

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blue

Pale, without redness or glare; said of a flame.

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dejected

Sad and dispirited.

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depressed

The definition of depressed is someone in a sad or unhappy state, or something that has been pushed down.

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haunting (related)

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lilt (related)

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lyricism (related)

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half-expectant

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mellifluous (related)

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craving

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daydreaming

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reflective

Meditative; thoughtful

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woebegone

Filled with or deeply affected by woe.

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yearning

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desolate

Desolate is defined as someone or something which is unhappy or bleak.

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dispirited

Without energy, gusto or drive, enervated, without the will to accomplish, disheartened.

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down

Depressed; dejected

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downcast

(Of a person) Feeling despondent.

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downhearted

Sad

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dull

Cloudy or overcast:

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dysphoric

Pertaining to dysphoria, or of being in a state of dysphoria

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heavy-hearted

(Idiomatic) Sad, melancholy.

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melancholic

Of or relating to melancholia.

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joyous (antonym)

The definition of joyous is feelings of great happiness or delight.

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languid (related)

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wistfulness (related)

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gloomy

Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded.

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tristful

Sorrowful; gloomy.

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exuberant (antonym)

Characterized by good health and high spirits; full of life; uninhibited

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uncaring (antonym)

Characterized by a lack of care; not caring.

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down at (or in) the mouth

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doleful (related)

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somber (related)

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