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wistfulness

/wist-fuhl-nis/US // ˈwɪst fəl nɪs //

悲情,哀愁,哀伤,怀旧

Related Words

gloom忧郁,阴霾,忧郁症,幽暗desperation绝望,绝望情绪,绝境,绝望的sorrow悲哀,悲痛,哀伤,悲伤despondency悲观主义,悲观情绪,悲观,惆怅grief悲痛,悲伤,哀伤,悲痛欲绝despair怅然若失,怅惘,感到绝望,怅然boredom无聊,百无聊赖,无聊症,无聊的人ennui忧郁症,厌烦,忧郁,厌恶longing憧憬,渴望,欲望,思念sentimentality感情,感情用事,情绪化,情感remorse悔恨,忏悔,悔意,懊悔yearning渴望,眷恋,欲望,思念tedium乏味,枯燥乏味,枯燥无味,枯燥乏味的生活mournfulness哀伤,哀怨,哀悼,哀伤的气氛dejection颓废,沮丧,拒绝,颓丧downer下行者,坠落者,跌落者,跌宕起伏dolor缺点,颜色,缺陷,缺点是dumps倾倒,倾销,转储,倾覆letdown泄气,泄愤,泄气的,泄气事件bummer讨厌的人,遗憾的是,讨厌鬼,遗憾

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a mental state or emotion characterized by melancholy, longing, or pensiveness, or an instance of this:The film’s visuals occasionally aspire to the dark contours of a graphic novel, and, at other times, evoke the wistfulness of a watercolor painting.It's an extreme novel that conveys its dark message with heart and many moments of wistfulness.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inmelancholy
Synonyms
boredom无聊,百无聊赖,无聊症,无聊的人despair怅然若失,怅惘,感到绝望,怅然desperation绝望,绝望情绪,绝境,绝望的despondency悲观主义,悲观情绪,悲观,惆怅ennui忧郁症,厌烦,忧郁,厌恶gloom忧郁,阴霾,忧郁症,幽暗grief悲痛,悲伤,哀伤,悲痛欲绝sorrow悲哀,悲痛,哀伤,悲伤blahs胡说八道,胡言乱语,混乱,混乱的局面blues布鲁斯,蓝调,蓝光,蓝军bummer讨厌的人,遗憾的是,讨厌鬼,遗憾dejection颓废,沮丧,拒绝,颓丧dolor缺点,颜色,缺陷,缺点是downer下行者,坠落者,跌落者,跌宕起伏dumps倾倒,倾销,转储,倾覆funk放克,放克语,放克音乐,放克风格gloominess忧郁症,阴郁,忧郁,悲观主义letdown泄气,泄愤,泄气的,泄气事件miserableness吝啬鬼,悲哀,悲惨的事,悲惨处境misery苦难,痛苦,悲哀,忧患mournfulness哀伤,哀怨,哀悼,哀伤的气氛pensiveness笔直性,笔力,笔性,笔直度tedium乏味,枯燥乏味,枯燥无味,枯燥乏味的生活unhappiness不快乐,不愉快,不开心,不快乐的事woe悲哀,哀伤,哀怨,悲哀的是wretchedness凄惨,悲哀,苦难,惨淡经营blue devils蓝魔,蓝色妖姬,蓝魔鬼,蓝鬼子blue funk蓝调,蓝色乐章,蓝色的芬克,蓝色乐曲dismals失望,沮丧,沮丧的人,残缺不全dolefuls悲哀,悲哀的人,悲惨的人,遗憾的是down trip下行,下游,下行线,下行之旅low spirits精神不振,精神萎靡不振,精神不足,精神不济
as innostalgia
Synonyms
longing憧憬,渴望,欲望,思念remorse悔恨,忏悔,悔意,懊悔sentimentality感情,感情用事,情绪化,情感yearning渴望,眷恋,欲望,思念homesickness思乡之情,思乡情结,乡愁,思乡情怀pining憔悴,思念,怀念,憔悴不堪reminiscence回忆,回忆录,回忆过去,追忆schmaltz麦芽糖,麦芽汁,麦芽威士忌,麦芽糊精fond memories美好的回忆,深切的回忆,美好回忆,深情的回忆hearts and flowers心和花,心与花,心和花朵,心和鲜花tear-jerker催泪弹,催泪剂,催人泪下,催泪师

Examples

  • On some level, I can’t help but feel a wistful curiosity about a new Harry Potter series, because I still love the Harry Potter characters and universe.

  • I became wistful just test-driving them, wishing these vehicles could ferry family and friends to lively get-togethers.

  • “We know already about how the holidays can be particularly triggering for people if you’re already feeling lonely or wistful, if you’ve lost a loved one or a close friend,” she says.

  • They always had a wistful, bleary, but satisfied look when they looked around.

  • But the words “responsible” and “Republican” are no longer typeable together except in moods of mockery, or at least wistfulness.

  • That gave last night's dinner with Ahmadinejad an air of wistfulness tinged with growing fear.

  • Winston smiled, though there was a wistfulness in his eyes as he saw the faint bewilderment in his companions' faces.

  • For at least five minutes he stood without moving, his whole face softened into a boyish wistfulness.

  • She rose at this, turning her eyes about the room as if from the extremity of martyrdom or the wistfulness of some deep thought.

  • She always suggested tea before the hour, and her friend always, but with so different a wistfulness, rang for it.

  • I was awake at once––wide awake for him: moved by the wistfulness of this appeal to some perception of his need.

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