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contrist

/kənˈtɹɪst/

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From Old French (and modern French) contrister, from Latin contrīstō, from con- + tristis (“sad”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of contristate.

verb contrists · contristing · contristed

obsolete, transitive To make sad, to upset. with such weak nerves and spirits, and in the condition I am in at present, ’twould be as much as my life was worth, to deject and contrist myself with so bad and melancholy an account

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@misc{contrist_2026,
  title = {contrist},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/contrist},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}