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trist·ful

(trĭst′fəl)

adj.

Sorrowful; gloomy.

[Middle English : triste, sad; see triste + -ful, -ful.]

trist′ful·ly adv.

trist′ful·ness n.

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trist•ful

(ˈtrɪst fəl)

adj.

full of sadness; sorrowful.

[1485–95; obsolete trist sad, gloomy (< Old French triste < Latin tristis) + -ful]

trist′ful•ly, adv.

tristful

- Means "full of melancholy or sadness."

tristful

adjective

In low spirits:

blue, dejected, depressed, desolate, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, dull, dysphoric, gloomy, heavy-hearted, low, melancholic, melancholy, sad, spiritless, unhappy, wistful.

Idiom: down at the mouth.

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