wistfulness in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for wistfulness in the English»French Dictionary

wistfulness [Brit ˈwɪs(t)fʊlnəs, ˈwɪs(t)f(ə)lnəs, Am ˈwɪs(t)fəlnəs] N

wistfulness (sadness)

mélancolie f

wistfulness (nostalgia)

nostalgie f

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

However modest their subjects, the songs were delivered with a plainspoken wistfulness that was intensely earnest but rarely impassioned.

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And the eyebrows can register, almost single-handedly, wonder, pity, fright, pain, cynicism, concentration, wistfulness, displeasure, and expectation, in infinite variations and combinations.

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