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tristful

[trist-fuhl] / ˈtrɪst fəl /


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The Autumn wind was booming round the plantation and sweeping up the broad path down the hillside with a skelter of leaves that gave a wild gaiety to the usually tristful scene.

From Plashers Mead A Novel by MacKenzie, Compton

Is true inheritor of Judah's throne, Last born of tristful Ochoziah's children, Reared up, you know it, by the name of Joas.

From Athaliah A Tragedy, Intended For Reading Only, Translated Into English Blank Verse, From Racine (A. Gombert's Edition, 1825) by Donkersley, J.

But if I here could see the tristful soul   Of Guido, or Alessandro, or their brother,   For Branda's fount I would not give the sight.

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

For God's sake, lords, convey my tristful Queen; For tears do stop the floodgates of her eyes.

From King Henry IV, Part 1 by Shakespeare, William

It has a very tristful and taciturn expression….

From Two Years in the French West Indies by Hearn, Lafcadio