tristful
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of tristful
1485–95; obsolete trist sad, gloomy (< Old French triste < Latin tristis ) + -ful
Example Sentences
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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 J. Donkersley
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 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
It has a very tristful and taciturn expression….
From Two Years in the French West Indies by Lafcadio Hearn
Again prevailed the tristful dirge of the pines.
From Under the Rose by Frederic Stewart Isham
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 Lafcadio Hearn
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