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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| yearning | /x | Noun, Noun |
| sad | / | Noun, Adjective |
| pensive | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| mournful | /x | Adjective |
| nostalgic | x/x | Adjective |
| rueful | /x | Adjective |
| melancholy | /xxx | Noun |
| melancholic | xx/x | Adjective |
| elegiac | /xxx | Noun |
| forlorn | x/ | Adjective |
| plaintive | /x | Adjective |
| dreamy | /x | Adjective |
| poignant | /x | Adjective |
| doleful | /x | Adjective |
| sorrowful | /xx | Adjective |
| regretful | x/x | Adjective |
| sardonic | x/x | Adjective |
| somber | /x | Adjective |
| bittersweet | /xx | Noun |
| beguiling | x/x | Adjective |
| whimsical | /xx | Adjective |
| weepy | /x | Adjective |
| sentimental | xx/x | Adjective |
| cynical | /xx | Adjective |
| anguished | /x | Adjective |
| heartfelt | /x | Adjective |
| tearful | /x | Adjective |
| introspective | xx/x | Adjective |
| gleeful | /x | Adjective |
| longing | /x | Noun |
| tremulous | /xx | Adjective |
| teary | /x | Adjective |
| evocative | x/xx | Adjective |
| soulful | /x | Adjective |
| lilting | /x | Noun |
| maudlin | /x | Noun |
| childlike | /x | Adjective |
| languorous | /xx | Adjective |
| giddy | /x | Adjective |
| joyous | /x | Adjective |
| languid | /x | Adjective |
| lugubrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| poetic | x/x | Adjective |
| morose | x/ | Adjective |
| disdainful | x/x | Adjective |
| impressionistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| despairing | x/x | Noun |
| exuberant | x/xx | Adjective |
| quizzical | /xx | Adjective |
| carefree | /x | Adjective |
| girlish | /x | Noun |
| rapturous | /xx | Adjective |
| reminiscing | xx/x | Verb |
| impish | /x | Adjective |
| sullen | /x | Adjective |
| blithe | / | Name |
| sighing | /x | Noun |
| fanciful | /xx | Adjective |
| hopeful | /x | Adjective |
| bemused | x/ | Adjective |
| reproachful | x/x | Adjective |
| boyish | /x | Noun |
| glum | / | Noun |
| pitying | /xx | Noun |
| cheery | /x | Adjective |
| querulous | /xx | Adjective |
| wishful | /x | Adjective |
| musing | /x | Noun |
| quixotic | x/x | Adjective |
| scornful | /x | Adjective |
| playful | /x | Adjective |
| ingenuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| ambivalent | x/xx | Adjective |
| idealistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| lament | x/ | Noun |
| cheerful | /x | Adjective |
| joyful | /x | Adjective |
| optimistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| gauzy | /x | Noun |
| paean | /x | Noun |
| wispy | /x | Adjective |
| sombre | /x | Adjective |
| youthful | /x | Adjective |
| solemn | /x | Adjective |
| sweet | / | Adjective |
| unsentimental | xxx/x | Adjective |
| fretful | /x | Adjective |
| keening | /x | Noun |
| snide | / | Adjective |
| poignancy | /xx | Noun |
| sappy | /x | Adjective |
| tristful | /x | Adjective |
| witty | /x | Adjective |
| meditative | /xxx | Adjective |
| watchful | /x | Adjective |
| fantastical | x/xx | Adjective |
| tender | /x | Noun |
| hoping | /x | Verb |
| watery | /xx | Noun |
| wavy | /x | Adjective |
| shadowy | /xx | Adjective |
| droop | / | Noun |
| envy | /x | Noun |
| glances | /x | Noun |
| pathos | /x | Noun |
| reminiscence | xx/x | Noun |
| lyricism | /xxx | Noun |
| sounding | /x | Verb |
| smile | / | Noun |
| eagerness | /xx | Noun |
| gaze | / | Noun |
| look | / | Noun |
| remembrance | x/x | Noun |
| evocation | xx/x | Noun |
| reverie | /xx | Noun |
| resignation | xx/x | Noun |
| earnestness | /xx | Noun |
| melody | /xx | Noun |
| loveliness | /xx | Noun |
| admiration | xx/x | Noun |
| ballad | /x | Noun |
| pang | / | Noun |
| sentimentality | xxx/xx | Noun |
| fondness | /x | Noun |
| loneliness | /xx | Noun |
| apprehensive | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| chastened | /x | Adjective |
| pleased | / | Adjective |
| puzzled | /x | Adjective |
| remorseful | x/x | Adjective |
| resentful | x/x | Adjective |
| saddened | /x | Verb |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
