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
  • Of what relevance is an absurdist fable, written in German, about a sad man who transforms into an insect, to an American teenager in the twenty-first century?
    Harper's Magazine, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The sad scenes that accompanied Rooney’s final game at Oxford felt a long way from the surge of optimism that greeted his arrival in Devon on a three-year contract in May.
    Richard Amofa, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
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
  • But two late pick-sixes sealed the Trojans’ loss and stuck with Maiava, who looked crestfallen in the postgame press conference.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
  • 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
Definition of crestfallen
Adjective
  • No way would this list be complete without a Swift banger or two, and this one is a particularly forlorn ode to lost love.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Conversely, as prices increase, ownership becomes an increasingly forlorn dream for those on the other side of the real estate divide.
    Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2024
Definition of forlorn
Adjective
  • The rescue dog was captured looking glum, frightened that she would be left behind once again, as her owner packed around her.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024
  • That might be a welcome reprieve for those of us who are usually glum during the holidays (just me?), but the blues can sneak up on anyone.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of glum
Adjective
  • There are men as old as 80 who still strap on the furs and the heavy bells, hiding their faces behind those gloomy masks.
    Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
  • While the city isn't immune to gloomy, gray days, winter in Rome is usually very sunny.
    Asia London Palomba, Travel + Leisure, 25 Dec. 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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