tristful

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(trist′fəl)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
trist•ful  (trist′fəl),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. full of sadness;
    sorrowful.
  • Latin tristis) + -ful
  • Old French triste
  • obsolete trist sad, gloomy (1485–95
trist′ful•ly, adv. 
trist′ful•ness, n. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
triste  (trēst),USA pronunciation adj. [French.]
  1. Foreign Termssad;
    sorrowful;
    melancholy.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
triste / triːst/, tristful / ˈtrɪstfʊl/
  1. archaic words for sad
Etymology: from French
'tristful' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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