英和和英

発音

• IPA: /ˈwɪstfəl/

形容詞

wistful (comparative more wistful, superlative most wistful)

1. Full of longing or yearning.

   Synonyms: desirous, yearnful

   His eyes grew wistful as he recalled his university days.

   • 1909, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], “A Court Ball”, in The Squire’s Daughter, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, published 1919, →OCLC, page 1:

     Her grey eyes, looking out on the violet of the night sky, the trees, and the crowd of hilarious onlookers who had not been invited to Buckingham Palace, had a patient and wistful expression.

   • 2025 November 26, Tim Dunn, “Lost and found: historical assets”, in RAIL, number 1049, page 55:

     There are few sights that leave a railway lover more wistful than a desolate railway viaduct no longer carrying tracks. As with tunnels, so much effort was made to conquer the landscape, yet so many now stand forlorn.

2. Sad and thoughtful.

   Synonyms: despondent, unhappy; see also Thesaurus:sad

派生語

• wistfully
• wistfulness

参照

• Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “wistful”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.