tristful

[ trist-fuhl ]

adjective

1. full of sadness; sorrowful.

Other Words From

• tristful·ly adverb
• tristful·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of tristful¹

1485–95; obsolete trist sad, gloomy (< Old French triste < Latin tristis ) + -ful

Example Sentences

In the first, and in the new reading: Heaven's face glows with tristful visage; and, Heaven's face is thought-sick.

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He wondered at the note of humility in her voice, at her half-tristful hesitancy.

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This tristful ideality is a note in literature not far to seek.

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There are few sadder poems than this with its tristful refrain, even in the works of Mr. Hardy.

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Suzette had tristful eyes when they rested upon this cemetery.

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