triste

adjective

Definition of tristenext
as in sad

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for triste
  1. sad
  2. woebegone
  3. crestfallen
  4. forlorn
  5. glum
  6. gloomy
  7. disconsolate
  8. despondent
Adjective
  • That’s a sad statement about where things stand with the team and totally reasonable given its 3-10 record this season and 8-26 mark over its last 34 games.
    Chad Graff, The Athletic, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Thanks to its luxuriously soft velvet cover and satisfyingly plump shape, this pillow can easily spruce up a sad couch, chair, or bed.
    Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of sad
Adjective
  • Sunday, the Sox, who are now an impossibly bad 31-100, locked up the sixth triple-digit-loss season in their woebegone history with a 9-4 defeat at the hands of the Detroit Tigers.
    Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 25 Aug. 2024
  • This is what passes for epiphany for the solemn, solitary Jane, who searches for self-knowledge in a woebegone key.
    Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
Definition of woebegone
Adjective
  • The promised live music turned out to be a single violinist, and instead of ballroom dancing, there was a pole dancer performing for the crestfallen crowd.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The shooting and its aftermath took a toll on a crestfallen family and a city mired in underdevelopment.
    Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 9 Aug. 2024
Definition of crestfallen
Adjective
  • Any such hope would best be filed under forlorn, unfortunately.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
  • One perfect for blues rock, R&B balladry, bluegrass, and one forlorn love banger after another. Need a break?
    Mars Salazar, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of forlorn
Adjective
  • Ravens fans should take heart from his eagerness, even at the end of a glum weekend.
    Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 2 Dec. 2024
  • For those glum that Saks Fifth Avenue sacked its holiday sound and light show, take heart.
    Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 17 Nov. 2024
Definition of glum
Adjective
  • The result is a remarkably faithful rendition, at turns funny, wistful, gloomy, and joyful.
    EW.com, EW.com, 30 Nov. 2024
  • People might reasonably expect the film to be gloomy.
    Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of gloomy
Adjective
  • By the time the judge adjourned the court, Bryan was disconsolate.
    Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
  • Context: Harris — who served as district attorney of San Francisco, as attorney general of California and as a U.S. senator from the state between 2017 and 2021 — could help electrify an exhausted, disconsolate party.
    Jacob Knutson, Axios, 22 July 2024
Definition of disconsolate
Adjective
  • Remigio’s youngest son thinks the victim, already despondent over the breakup of a two-year romantic relationship, committed suicide as a result of the home invasion.
    Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 25 Nov. 2024
  • The drummer, who’s suffering from a severe vertebrae injury similar to Phil Collins’s, is unable to tour ever again and remains despondent that Roth behaved in this manner.
    Devon Ivie, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of despondent
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