WISTFULNESS

Meaning of WISTFULNESS in English

[noun] [U]"Congratulations on your promotion," she said, trying to keep the trace of wistfulness out of her voice.

Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012

WISTFULNESS — noun see: wistful
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WISTFULNESS — noun ( -es ) : the quality or state of being wistful his eyes already had the exile's wistfulness — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WISTFULNESS — n. pensive yearning, dreamy longing (especially for someone or something in the past); sadness; melancholy
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WISTFULNESS — see wistful
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WISTFULNESS — ➡ wistful
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WISTFULNESS — See main entry: ↑ wistful
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WISTFULNESS — Wistfulness
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WISTFULNESS — Грустный
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
WISTFULNESS — задумчивость
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
WISTFULNESS — (n) тоска
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
WISTFULNESS — Wistfulness
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
WISTFULNESS — задумчивость
Англо-Русский словарь
WISTFUL — ˈwistfəl adjective Etymology: wist ly + -ful; in senses 2 & 3 influenced in meaning by wish (II) 1. obsolete …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RUDE — ˈrüd adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin rudis; akin to Latin rudus rubble, broken …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WISTFUL — — wistfully , adv. — wistfulness , n. /wist"feuhl/ , adj. 1. characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning. 2. pensive, esp. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PENSIVE — — pensively , adv. — pensiveness , n. /pen"siv/ , adj. 1. dreamily or wistfully thoughtful: a pensive mood. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WISTFUL — wist ‧ ful /ˈwɪstf ə l/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1600-1700 ; Origin: wistly 'with close attention' (15-18 centuries) …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WISTFUL — adj. (of a person, looks, etc.) yearningly or mournfully expectant or wishful. øøwistfully adv. wistfulness n. [app. assim. of obs. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WISTFUL — adj. (of a person, looks, etc.) yearningly or mournfully expectant or wishful. wistfully adv. wistfulness n. [ app. assim. of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WISTFUL — adj. (of a person, looks, etc.) yearningly or mournfully expectant or wishful. Derivatives: wistfully adv. wistfulness n. Etymology: app. assim. …
Oxford English vocab
SCAMP — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Actually, I wouldn't mind at all, because as far as I can make out Walter …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PIERCE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EXPENSIVE — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an expensive commodity ▪ Consumers began to find that they could afford more expensive commodities. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WISHFUL THINKING — Synonyms and related words : alienation, autism, autistic thinking, avoidance mechanism, bamboozlement, befooling, blame-shifting, blind faith, bluffing, calculated deception, circumvention, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
THOUGHTFULNESS — Synonyms and related words : TLC, absorption, abstraction, accommodatingness, affability, agreeableness, amenity, anticipation, attention, attentiveness, brown study, care, carefulness, caution, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
STUDY — Synonyms and related words : Nachtmusik, Pap test, Walter Mitty, absence of mind, absolute music, absorbed attention, absorption, abstractedness, abstraction, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SORROW — Synonyms and related words : ache, adversity, afflict, affliction, aggrieve, agonize, agony, anguish, apologies, attrition, ayenbite of inwit, bad luck, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHAME — Synonyms and related words : abasement, abash, abashment, abomination, apologies, atrocity, attrition, ayenbite of inwit, bad, besmirch, bitterness, blacken, bring …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
REVERIE — Synonyms and related words : Walter Mitty, absence of mind, absentmindedness, absorption, abstractedness, abstraction, amnesia, bad dream, bemusement, brown study, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
REMORSE — Synonyms and related words : anxiety, apologies, attrition, ayenbite of inwit, bitterness, compunction, contriteness, contrition, embarrassment, grief, guilt, guilty conscience, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary

Cambridge English vocab

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