Synonyms for wistful

Adjective

1. wistful, yearning, sad (vs. glad)

usage: full of longing or unfulfilled desire; "those wistful little ads that the lovelorn place in the classifieds"

2. pensive, wistful, sad (vs. glad)

usage: showing pensive sadness; "the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty"