triste

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
6
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈtɹɪst/

Definition of triste

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (rare)Sad; sorrowful; gloomy.
    “Emmanuel Macron sounded like a man in grief. Not angry, not defiant, just a little triste.”

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English trist, triste (-e form is less common), borrowed from Old French trist, triste, from Latin trīstis (“sad, sorrowful”). Re-borrowed late 18c. (as “dull, uninteresting”) as a French word in English and often spelled triste.

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