WISTFULNESS Synonyms
There are 8 hypernyms of the word wistfulness. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for WISTFULNESS
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dreaminess | nounn | |||||||
noun • a relaxed comfortable feeling | ||||||||
longing | nounn | |||||||
noun • prolonged unfulfilled desire or need | ||||||||
melancholy | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a feeling of thoughtful sadness • a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed • a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy adjective satellite • characterized by or causing or expressing sadness • grave or even gloomy in character | ||||||||
nostalgia | nounn | |||||||
noun • longing for something past | ||||||||
pensive | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • deeply or seriously thoughtful • showing pensive sadness | ||||||||
pensiveness | nounn | |||||||
noun • persistent morbid meditation on a problem • deep serious thoughtfulness | ||||||||
reminiscence | nounn | |||||||
noun • a mental impression retained and recalled from the past • the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort) | ||||||||
sadness | nounn | |||||||
noun • emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being • the state of being sad • the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness | ||||||||
sentimentality | nounn | |||||||
noun • falsely emotional in a maudlin way • extravagant or affected feeling or emotion | ||||||||
yearning | nounn | |||||||
noun • prolonged unfulfilled desire or need |