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Feeling or expressing regret, bitterness or sorrow

Thoughtful, typically longing or yearning for days gone by

In a state of unhappiness or despondency

Feeling, having or evoking a memory of the past or familiar surroundings

Having or showing a yearning desire

Very difficult or impossible to forget

Consumed with lust

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Adjective

Feeling or expressing regret, bitterness or sorrow

longing for home

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“Clarke has responded to his critics with a dollop of wistful regret, followed by an adamant refusal to back down.”

Adjective

Thoughtful, typically longing or yearning for days gone by

lost in thought

in a brown study

immersed in thought

deep in thought

with your head in the clouds

self-centered^US

self-interested

self-centred^UK

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“The sights and sounds of a big shaggy golden retriever, entering a log cabin, or walking through large pine forests evoke wistful thoughts of my youth.”

Adjective

In a state of unhappiness or despondency

down in the dumps

down in the mouth

in the doldrums

discombobulated

sick as a parrot

having blue devils

singing the blues

having the blahs

with a long face

sorry for yourself

looking as if one had lost a pound and found a penny

given to looking on the black side

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Adjective

Feeling, having or evoking a memory of the past or familiar surroundings

Adjective

Having or showing a yearning desire

champing at the bit

keen as mustard

ready and willing

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

chomping at the bit

endeavouring^UK

as keen as mustard

on the edge of your seat

hankering after

waiting with bated breath

very enthusiastic

urgently requiring

straining at the leash

on pins and needles

favourably inclined

in great need of

consumed with desire

full of enthusiasm

with an appetite

chafing at the bit

burning with excitement

aspiring towards

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Adjective

Very difficult or impossible to forget

Adjective

Consumed with lust

near the knuckle

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

gone to the dogs

physically gratifying

hot and bothered

sexually explicit

in the fast lane

sexually excited

hot under the collar

lacking restraint

beyond the pale

sexually arousing

sexually stimulating

close to the bone

sexually exciting

sexually aroused

toey as a Roman sandal

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