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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In the first, and in the new reading: Heaven's face glows with tristful visage; and, Heaven's face is thought-sick.

From Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies by Sherbo, Arthur

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.

Late when the sumach's red was dulled and worn, And fainter grew the trite and troublous word Of tristful cricket, that replaced the bird, I sought the slope, and found a waste forlorn.

From Ride to the Lady And Other Poems by Cone, Helen Gray

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

Suzette had tristful eyes when they rested upon this cemetery.

From Bohemian Days Three American Tales by Townsend, George Alfred

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