triste

adjective

ˈtrēst 

: sad, mournful

But the effect of the slimy, sluggish water … with a dried caking of mud, is triste and melancholy in the extreme …

—William Fairholme

also : wistful

Word History

Etymology

French, from Old French, from Latin tristis

First Known Use

1756, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for triste

• diced
• feist
• heist
• iced
• lysed
• priced
• sliced
• spiced
• spliced
• antichrist
• overpriced
• poltergeist