Wistful (adj)
wist-ful
characterized by melancholy or longing.
First recorded in 1605–15; obsolete wist “quiet, silent, attentive” (variant of whist2) + -ful
Example sentences
“she sat quietly, a wistful look on her anguished face.”
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