wistful

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. Full of longing or yearning.
2. Sad and thoughtful.

Konzepte

wehmütig

sehnsüchtig

nachdenklich

versonnen

😔

Synonyme

pensive

😔

nostalgic

yearning

melancholic

melancholy

broody

sad

☹️

downcast

eager

joyless

longing

melancholically

moody

mournful

pensively

pensiveness

pining

plaintive

reflective

reminiscent

ruminant

ruminative

sceptic

sceptical

skeptical

somber

sombre

speculative

thoughtful

wishful

wistfully

wistfulness

yearningly

blue

yearnful

cogitative

contemplative

depressed

despondent

dismal

doleful

Übersetzungen

malinconico

απογοητευμένος

droefgeestig

weemoedig

πικραμένος

arzulu

pensativo

😔

istekli

pensif

😔

nostalgique

pensativo

😔

anhelante

ansioso

özlemli

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈwɪstfəl/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Presumably from *whistful, from whist (“silent”) + -ful, based on older wistly. It is implausible that it derives from wishful, the required sound change being wishful → *wisful → wistful, which could not occur in Modern English, particularly not with wishful continuing in use. However, the sense of “longing” appears to be influenced by wishful, making wistful an ambiguous poetic word.