English to French Meaning of wistful - mélancolique

Wistful :

mélancolique

adjective

mélancolique, sérieux, inquiet, anxieux, réfléchi, pris en considération, se déplaçant rapidement, ébouriffé

Wistful :: mélancoliqueWistfully :: mélancoliquementWistfulness :: mélancolie

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Definitions of wistful in English

Adjective(1) showing pensive sadness

Examples of wistful in English

(1) They ran through emotions from funny, romantic and sad, to witty, wistful and thought-provoking.(2) The entire point of this post wasn't to engage in wistful remembrances.(3) She chuckled lightly and exhaled a sigh caught somewhere in between wistful and dreamy.(4) Gregory felt a chill run up his spine at the wistful , dreamy tone of her voice.(5) Tin became wistful and in a surge of nostalgia offered to show me round.(6) Director Bob Baker seems to have an innate understanding of the Coward paradox, that wistful vitriol.(7) The look on his face is, by now, nearly wistful ; the smile almost bittersweet.(8) I could see him going back in time and a small, wistful smile curled up on his lips.(9) Hanging in the heart of Edinburgh, Constable's vision of Dedham Vale is a wistful window on to the very soul of rural England.(10) If you ask about her previous boyfriend and she gets a small, wistful smile on her face, change the subject.(11) 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.(12) Clarke has responded to his critics with a dollop of wistful regret, followed by an adamant refusal to back down.(13) This part of the song comes out as something of a wistful ballad, but more interesting than most.(14) All four wistful and melodic tracks document yearning and loss with an almost angelic intervention.(15) What distinguishes Harcourt from his contemporaries is the way he laces his stories with wistful charm and surreal humour.(16) As I scraped applesauce and cream of eel from countless plates I felt wistful .

Related Phrases of wistful

(1) wistful ::

mélancolique

Related Phrases of wistful

(1) wistful ::

mélancolique

Synonyms

Adjective

1. nostalgic ::

nostalgique

2. yearning ::

aspiration

3. longing ::

désir

4. plaintive ::

plaintif

6. rueful ::

triste

7. melancholy ::

mélancolie

8. mournful ::

triste

9. elegiac ::

élégiaque

10. pensive ::

pensif

11. reflective ::

réfléchissant

12. contemplative ::

contemplatif

Different Forms

wistful, wistfully, wistfulness

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