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tristful

[trist-fuhl] / ˈtrɪst fəl /


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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

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

"Whoever will give any information of these unfortunate, tristful gentlemen to the Hartford Convention, will confer a favor on humanity."

From The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 by Headley, Joel Tyler

Eyes so tristful, eyes so tristful, Heart so full of care and cumber, I was lapped in rest and slumber, Ye have made me wakeful, wistful!

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

It has a very tristful and taciturn expression….

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




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