tristful
Americanadjective
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
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Ye have made me, ye have made me Querulous of you, that care not, Eyes so tristful, yet I dare not Say to what ye have betrayed me.
From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Carmelo, as he crouched at the tiller, was singing, in a low, clear alto, some tristful little melody.
From Chita: a Memory of Last Island by Hearn, Lafcadio
But why these pensive tristful looks, now she hath her heart's desire?
From A Set of Rogues by Barrett, Frank
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
Eyes so tristful, eyes so tristful, Heart so full of care and cumber, I was lapped in rest and slumber, Ye have made me wakeful, wistful!
From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
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