wistfulness

• Nom décrivant un état de nostalgie douce-amère, de mélancolie rêveuse ou de langoureuse tristesse, souvent évoqué par le souvenir de quelque chose du passé.

A noun describing a state of sad and thoughtful longing or yearning, often for something in the past.

indénombrable

1. Sad longingC1formal

   A feeling of sad and thoughtful yearning for something past or distant.

   nostalgie douce-amère

   • She looked at the old photographs with a sense of wistfulness.
   • There was a wistfulness in his voice as he spoke of his childhood home.
   • The music evoked a feeling of wistfulness for lost times.

   Synonymeslongingmelancholynostalgiapiningyearning

   Antonymescheerfulnesscontentmenthappinessjoyfulnesssatisfaction