Antonyms for wistful

Grammar : Adj

Spell : wist-fuhl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɪst fəl

Definition of wistful

Origin : 1610s, "closely attentive," from obsolete wist "intent" (c.1500), of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed on the model of wishful. The meaning of "yearningly eager" is first recorded 1714. Related: Wistfully; wistfulness.

adj daydreaming, longing

Example sentences :

He turned round and saw before him the wistful face of Fanny!
Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

As we entered the ballroom, her eyes were wistful, searching, yet not expecting to find.
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

He put on his spectacles and looked at her with wistful kindness.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

There was a strange note of wistful pleading in the nurse's voice.
Extract from : « Gloria and Treeless Street » by Annie Hamilton Donnell

I did observe that you did cast a wistful eye upon my bookshelf.
Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

I look at her for one wistful moment and then turn resolutely to my work.
Extract from : « Concerning Cats » by Helen M. Winslow

Again, in spite of the gruffness, I felt that wistful quality in him.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

Turl watched her face, with a softened, wistful, perplexed look on his own.
Extract from : « The Mystery of Murray Davenport » by Robert Neilson Stephens

And he cast a wistful look on the dead horses that lay around them.
Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola

He gave a wistful glance at his companion's dimly outlined profile.
Extract from : « Stories of a Western Town » by Octave Thanet

Synonyms for wistful

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