tristful

American  

[trist-fuhl] / ˈtrɪst fəl /

adjective

1. full of sadness; sorrowful.

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Other Word Forms

• tristfully adverb
• tristfulness noun

Etymology

Origin of tristful

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

Example Sentences

But why these pensive tristful looks, now she hath her heart's desire?

From A Set of Rogues by Barrett, Frank

But if I here could see the tristful soul   Of Guido, or Alessandro, or their brother,   For Branda's fount I would not give the sight.

From Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Complete by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

For God's sake, lords, convey my tristful Queen; For tears do stop the floodgates of her eyes.

From King Henry IV, Part 1 by Shakespeare, William

Is true inheritor of Judah's throne, Last born of tristful Ochoziah's children, Reared up, you know it, by the name of Joas.

From Athaliah A Tragedy, Intended For Reading Only, Translated Into English Blank Verse, From Racine (A. Gombert's Edition, 1825) by Donkersley, J.

A marsh it makes, which has the name of Styx,   This tristful brooklet, when it has descended   Down to the foot of the malign gray shores.

From Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Complete by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth