- tristful
- adjective Etymology: Middle English trist sad, from Anglo-French triste Date: 15th century sad, melancholy • tristfully adverb • tristfulness noun
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Tristful — Trist ful (tr[i^]st f[.u]l), a. Sad; sorrowful; gloomy. Shak. [1913 Webster] Eyes so tristful, eyes so tristful, Heart so full of care and cumber. Longfellow. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tristful — [trist′fəl] adj. [LME trystefull < trist, sad (< OFr triste < L tristis: see TRISTEZA) + ful, FUL] Archaic sad; sorrowful; melancholy … English World dictionary
tristful — tristfully, adv. tristfulness, n. /trist feuhl/, adj. full of sadness; sorrowful. [1485 95; obs. trist sad, gloomy ( < OF triste < L tristis) + FUL] * * * … Universalium
tristful — adjective Sad, melancholic … Wiktionary
tristful — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective In low spirits: blue, dejected, depressed, desolate, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, dull, dysphoric, gloomy, heavy hearted, low, melancholic, melancholy, sad, spiritless, unhappy, wistful. Idiom: down at … English dictionary for students
tristful — trist·ful … English syllables
tristful — trist•ful [[t]ˈtrɪst fəl[/t]] adj. full of sadness; sorrowful • Etymology: 1485–95; obs. trist sad, gloomy (< OF triste < L tristis) + ful trist′ful•ly, adv … From formal English to slang
tristful — … Useful english dictionary
Tristfully — Trist ful*ly, adv. In a tristful manner; sadly. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tristfully — adverb see tristful … New Collegiate Dictionary
