tristful
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of tristful
1485–95; obsolete trist sad, gloomy (< Old French triste < Latin tristis ) + -ful
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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 William Shakespeare
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 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Late when the sumach's red was dulled and worn, And fainter grew the trite and troublous word Of tristful cricket, that replaced the bird, I sought the slope, and found a waste forlorn.
From Ride to the Lady And Other Poems by Helen Gray Cone
Suzette had tristful eyes when they rested upon this cemetery.
From Bohemian Days Three American Tales by George Alfred Townsend
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
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