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wistfulness
noun as in melancholy
noun as in nostalgia
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After agreeing on a plant palette that included lots of color, wistfulness, texture and tall grasses, the couple hired a landscape contractor to remove their lawn by hand.
A photograph is a record of the past from the moment the shutter snaps, which lends the medium a bit of wistfulness.
The lyrics for “It’s Too Late” captured the wistfulness, but also the clarity, of a love affair that has run its course.
There’s a sense of wistfulness and a deep pride for the place, he said.
For many of us, these are the last days before we’re roped into a monthlong chorus line of celebration, wistfulness and reverence, before our relational identities consume everything else.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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