Associations to the word «Wistful»

Wiktionary

WISTFUL, adjective. Full of yearning or longing
WISTFUL, adjective. Sad and thoughtful

Dictionary definition

WISTFUL, adjective. Showing pensive sadness; "the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats