(WIHST-full), adjective
Yearning, pensive; having an unfulfilled desire.
“I never saw a man who looked / With such a WISTFUL eye / Upon that little tent of blue / Which prisoners call the sky.” – Oscar Wilde, Irish playwright and poet
| Front | wistful |
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| Back | (WIHST-full), adjective Yearning, pensive; having an unfulfilled desire. “I never saw a man who looked / With such a WISTFUL eye / Upon that little tent of blue / Which prisoners call the sky.” – Oscar Wilde, Irish playwright and poet |
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