tristful

[trist-fuhl] / ˈtrɪst fəl /

ADJECTIVE

depressed

Synonyms

WEAK

bad blue bummed out cast down crestfallen crummy dejected desolate despondent destroyed disconsolate dispirited down down and out down in the dumps down in the mouth downcast downhearted dragged dull dysphoric fed up gloomy glum grim heavy-hearted hurting in a blue funk in pain in the dumps in the pits in the toilet let down low low-down low-spirited lugubrious melancholic melancholy moody morose on a downer pessimistic ripped sad spiritless taken down torn-up unhappy weeping wistful woebegone

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Suzette had tristful eyes when they rested upon this cemetery.

From Bohemian Days Three American Tales by Townsend, George Alfred

There are few sadder poems than this with its tristful refrain, even in the works of Mr. Hardy.

From Old and New Masters by Lynd, Robert

Ye have made me, ye have made me Querulous of you, that care not, Eyes so tristful, yet I dare not Say to what ye have betrayed me.

From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

A marsh it makes, which has the name of Styx, This tristful brooklet, when it has descended Down to the foot of the malign gray shores.

From Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Complete by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

Carmelo, as he crouched at the tiller, was singing, in a low, clear alto, some tristful little melody.

From Chita: a Memory of Last Island by Hearn, Lafcadio

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