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['wistful](thoughtful and rather sad, (as if) longing for something with little hope: The dog looked into the butcher's window with a wistful expression on his face.) melancolic- wistfulness
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sad-faced — adjective having a face with a sad expression the sad faced clown • Similar to: ↑faced * * * /sad fayst /, adj. having a face characterized by or expressing sorrow. [1580 90] … Useful english dictionary
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sad — [[t]sæ̱d[/t]] ♦♦ sadder, saddest 1) ADJ GRADED: oft ADJ that/to inf, ADJ about n If you are sad, you feel unhappy, usually because something has happened that you do not like. The relationship had been important to me and its loss left me feeling … English dictionary
sad — adjective 1 UNHAPPY unhappy, but especially because something unpleasant has happened to you or someone else: What s the matter with him? He looks so sad. | be sad to do sth: I was sad to see them go in the end. (+ about): I was glad to be going… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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sad-eyed — adjective Having a sad facial expression With your mercury mouth in the missionary times, / And your eyes like smoke and your prayers like rhymes, / And your silver cross, and your voice like chimes, / Oh, who among them do they think could bury… … Wiktionary
sad — adj. 1 unhappy VERBS ▪ appear, be, feel, look, seem, sound ▪ become, get, grow, turn … Collocations dictionary
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facial expression — noun 1. a gesture executed with the facial muscles • Syn: ↑facial gesture • Hypernyms: ↑gesture, ↑motion • Hyponyms: ↑emoticon, ↑gape, ↑grimace, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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