English Explanatory Dictionary

triste

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Sad; sorrowful; gloomy.

Pronunciation

/ˈtɹɪst/ En-us-triste.ogg

Word forms

triste more triste most triste trist

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

miserable unhappy atrabiliary atrabilious blitheless dispirited blue bummed out chapfallen cheerless chopfallen crestfallen cut up damp dejected depressed despondent disgruntled disconsolate disheartened dismal doleful dolesome down down in the dumps down in the mouth downcast downhearted downsome dull elegiac elegious forlorn gloomy glum grief-stricken grieving heavy-hearted heartsore heartsick inconsolable infelicitous jawfallen joyless lachrymose lamentful low low-spirited lugubrious lumpish melancholic melancholy moody mopey morose mournful passionate plaintive Plutonian Plutonic

Derived words

tristeness tristness tristeful tristful
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