triste
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triste
- /ˈtɹɪst/
Sounds like trist, tryst · Rhymes with -ɪst
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English trist, triste (-e form is less common), borrowed from Old French trist, triste, from Latin trīstis (“sad, sorrowful”). Re-borrowed late 18c. (as “dull, uninteresting”) as a French word in English and often spelled triste.
adjective more triste · most triste · trist
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Sad; sorrowful; gloomy.
He said, he wanted them to take us to Heraclea that we might be educated so that we would be always good, and could be present with him and mamma although absent in body, which would keep them from feeling sad and lonely. But we could see that mamma and he were very, very triste. This made us sorry.
Similar: miserable, unhappy, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blitheless, dispirited, blue, bummed out, chapfallen, cheerless, chopfallen, crestfallen
Talk about this word "triste." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/triste. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. triste. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/triste "triste." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/triste.Cite this
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title = {triste},
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