Qualities
Synonyms for wistful
The synonym for wistful recorded in this bank is pensive, in the sense "showing pensive sadness". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for wistful
- pensiveadjective, in the sense "showing pensive sadness"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for wistful.
showing pensive sadness
The sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty.
The true synonym
pensive
Same sentence, swapped: The sensitive and pensive response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- remorseful
- regretful
- shameful
Where wistful turns up in the game
wistful is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play wistful
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