triste
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of triste
from French
Example Sentences
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“Que triste que no se vacunan,” my dad said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2021
My dog may not speak Italian, but she totally knows I’m feeling triste.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2020
Then he added, "or, as the French would put it, triste."
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus in la noche triste, or the sad night as it was immediately named, Mexico City's students and the government reached a tragic climax of the quarrels that began last July.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bulstrode felt the plan to be rather triste and lifeless, and he knew that he could not and would not keep the Duchess' secret much longer, let its revelation cost him what it would.
From The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode by Marie Van Vorst
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