wistfulness's Usage Examples:

mourn"; moroseness, from Latin morosus, "self-will or fastidious habit"; wistfulness, from obsolete English whist; and saturnineness, from Latin Sāturnīnus.

It is a mixture of longing, yearning, nostalgia, wistfulness or an earnest desire for the Wales of the past.

mujō), or transience of things, and both a transient gentle sadness (or wistfulness) at their passing as well as a longer, deeper gentle sadness about this.

a Japanese phrase that loosely translates to "a sense of nostalgic wistfulness and the awareness that nothing lasts forever".

nostalgia, there are various motivations, whether ideology, nationalism, wistfulness for a lost sense of social status or stability, or even aesthetics or.

Schacht gave it a four-star reviewing, calling it "an exquisite foray into wistfulness so sublime you can't help but feel elation mingled with the sadness".

some similarities to that of Vladimir Horowitz as well as some of the wistfulness of Bill Evans.

Gerdts notes "an appealing wistfulness which is also quite distinct.

not an active discontent or poignant sadness, but an indolent dreaming wistfulness", with roots in "Islamic fatalism, sailors' loneliness, and the unrequited.

recordings of ten pieces from the set, and his playing is notable for its wistfulness, subtle shadings and — in places — rhythmic freedom.

speaking for John throughout the Suite; his laughter and his sighs, his wistfulness and occasional mild cantankerousness, his playfulness, and also the anguish.

brimming with a blend of the ethereal and the romantic with a dash of wistfulness besides".

finale is in the style of a minuet, but tempered with melancholy and wistfulness.

Browne takes in the world of lovers with an appealing wistfulness.

She looks out at the night sky not with wistfulness, but with hunger.

exhibited when jamming with the organist, Clark Terry adds humor and a wistfulness to the date that easily compensates".

secret of the clove 1993 Saeed Khorshidian 7 Hasrate didar Rendezvous wistfulness 1995 Moharam Zeinalzadeh 8 Sheikh-E-Mofid Mofid, the sheikh 1995 Fariborz.

New York Times critic Clive Barnes for conveying "a genuine clown-like wistfulness" that Barnes had found lacking in Allen.

Silvery drops of sweet wistfulness tremble upon the golden rays, Press gently with soft sighing full of.

Synonyms:

longing; yearning; hungriness;

Antonyms:

contentment;