GRE vocabulary
wistful
filled with a quiet, yearning sadness or longing
In a sentence
Wistful in a sentence
Here is an example sentence showing wistful in a sentence.
He grew wistful looking at photographs of the home he had left behind.
Synonyms
Antonyms
contentindifferent
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Common questions
Questions about “wistful”
Wistful (adjective) means filled with a quiet, yearning sadness or longing
Here is wistful used in an example sentence: "He grew wistful looking at photographs of the home he had left behind."
Common synonyms for wistful include yearning, nostalgic, pensive.
Antonyms of wistful include content, indifferent.
Wistful is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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