All wistfulness synonyms

noun wistfulness

• melancholy — sober thoughtfulness; pensiveness.
• pensiveness — dreamily or wistfully thoughtful: a pensive mood.
• languor — lack of energy or vitality; sluggishness.
• reminiscence — the act or process of recalling past experiences, events, etc.
• nostalgia — a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time: a nostalgia for his college days.
• dreaminess — of the nature of or characteristic of dreams; visionary.
• absent-minded — Someone who is absent-minded forgets things or does not pay attention to what they are doing, often because they are thinking about something else.
• depression — A depression is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty.
• sadness — affected by unhappiness or grief; sorrowful or mournful: to feel sad because a close friend has moved away.
• boredom — Boredom is the state of being bored.
• despair — Despair is the feeling that everything is wrong and that nothing will improve.
• desperation — Desperation is the feeling that you have when you are in such a bad situation that you will try anything to change it.
• despondency — Despondency is a strong feeling of unhappiness caused by difficulties which you feel you cannot overcome.
• ennui — A feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement.
• gloom — total or partial darkness; dimness.
• grief — keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss; sharp sorrow; painful regret.
• sorrow — distress caused by loss, affliction, disappointment, etc.; grief, sadness, or regret.
• blahs — nonsense; rubbish: What they say is blah.
• blues — a feeling of depression or deep unhappiness
• bummer — If you say that something is a bummer, you mean that it is unpleasant or annoying.
• dejection — Dejection is a feeling of sadness that you get, for example, when you have just been disappointed by something.
• dolor — sorrow; grief.
• downer — Informal. a depressant or sedative drug, especially a barbiturate. a depressing experience, person, or situation.
• dumps — an accumulation of discarded garbage, refuse, etc.
• funk — Casimir [kaz-uh-meer] /ˈkæz əˌmɪər/ (Show IPA), 1884–1967, U.S. biochemist, born in Poland: discovered thiamine, the first vitamin isolated.
• gloominess — dark or dim; deeply shaded: gloomy skies.
• letdown — a decrease in volume, force, energy, etc.: a letdown in sales; a general letdown of social barriers.
• miserableness — The property of being miserable.
• misery — wretchedness of condition or circumstances.
• mopes — to be sunk in dejection or listless apathy; sulk; brood.
• mournfulness — The property of being mournful.
• tedium — the quality or state of being wearisome; irksomeness; tediousness.
• unhappiness — sad; miserable; wretched: Why is she so unhappy?
• woe — grievous distress, affliction, or trouble: His woe was almost beyond description.
• wretchedness — very unfortunate in condition or circumstances; miserable; pitiable.
• blue funk — a state of great terror or loss of nerve
• longing — strong, persistent desire or craving, especially for something unattainable or distant: filled with longing for home.
• remorse — deep and painful regret for wrongdoing; compunction.
• sentimentality — the quality or state of being sentimental or excessively sentimental.
• yearning — deep longing, especially when accompanied by tenderness or sadness: a widower's yearning for his wife.
• homesickness — sad or depressed from a longing for home or family while away from them for a long time.
• pining — to yearn deeply; suffer with longing; long painfully (often followed by for): to pine for one's home and family.
• schmaltz — Informal. exaggerated sentimentalism, as in music or soap operas.
• hearts and flowers — maudlin sentimentality: The play is a period piece, full of innocence abused and hearts and flowers.
• tear-jerker — a pathetic story, play, movie, or the like; an excessively sentimental tale.