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Webster 1913 Edition


Tristful

Trist′ful

(trĭst′fụl)
,
Adj.
Sad; sorrowful; gloomy.
Shak.
Eyes so
tristful
, eyes so
tristful
,
Heart so full of care and cumber.
Longfellow.

Definition 2024


tristful

tristful

English

Adjective

tristful (comparative more tristful, superlative most tristful)

  1. (obsolete) Sad, melancholic.
    • William Shakespeare
      The very solid mass of earth has a tristful visage, and is thought-sick.