Usually means: Sorrowful, melancholy, filled with sadness.
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  1. tristful: Merriam-Webster
  2. tristful: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. tristful: Collins English Dictionary
  4. tristful: Wordnik
  5. tristful: Wiktionary
  6. tristful: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. tristful: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. tristful: Dictionary.com
  9. tristful: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. tristful: FreeDictionary.org
  11. tristful: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  (archaic) Sad, melancholic.

Similar:
tristeful, trist, triste, sadful, plaintive, melancholous, melancholish, solemn, heavy-hearted, atrabilarious, more...

Opposite:
joyful, happy, elated, delighted



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Similar:
tristeful, trist, triste, sadful, plaintive, melancholous, melancholish, solemn, heavy-hearted, atrabilarious, more...

Opposite:
joyful, happy, elated, delighted



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