American English pronunciation
How to pronounce wistful
IPA transcription: ['wɪstfəl]
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Adjective
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showing pensive sadness
“the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty”
Usage examples
- He smiled rather wistfully at his friend.
- Those wistful eyes of hers!
- Paul she eyed rather wistfully.