Wistful

n. Homesickness for a place you can't return to or that never existed.... more

n. A deep longing for something lost or unattainable.... more

n. A wistful omen of the first sign of autumn.... more

adj. Feeling wistful upon encountering a past love and realizing the changed significance of familiar gestures.... more

n. Regret at having cracked the code of something, leading to a desire to forget the pattern.... more

n. The primal longing for a home village to return to, a place that no longer exists, if it ever did.... more

n. The wistful feeling of looking around a gathering of loved ones, knowing that it won't always be this way.... more

n. The strange wistfulness of used bookstores, infused with the passage of time.... more

n. The longing to be free of responsibility.... more

n. The longing to feel things intensely again.... more

adj. Feeling a vague longing for a distant monarch to simplify life's complexities.... more

n. Nostalgia for a time you never experienced.... more

n. Longing for the clarity of disaster.... more

adj. Longing to disappear completely and become invisible in a crowd.... more

n. The melodramatic thrill of unrequited love.... more

n. The longing to see how other people live their lives when they're not in public.... more

n. The longing to wander off your career track in pursuit of a simple life.... more

adj. Longing for certainty in a relationship.... more

n. A state of exhaustion with being told what you want to hear, longing for someone to challenge you to become a better person.... more

n. A pleasant nostalgic yearning.... more