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wistfulnesses

wistfulnesses is the plural of wistfulness.

Meaning of wistfulness

Noun

wistfulness (usually uncountable, plural wistfulnesses)

  1. (usually) The state or characteristic of being wistful.
    • She was no longer the alert, vivacious American beauty who had charmed and delighted all who came in contact with her. Instead she was a very quiet and sad little girl—with an expression of hopeless wistfulness that none but Hazel Strong could interpret.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 114

Questions about wistfulnesses

What is wistfulnesses the plural of?
Wistfulnesses is the plural of wistfulness.

Words near wistfulnesses in the dictionary

  1. Wisters
  2. wistest
  3. wistful
  4. wistfully
  5. wistfulness
  6. wistfulnesses
  7. wisting
  8. wistiti
  9. wistitis
  10. wistless
  11. wistly

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