triste

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for triste
Adjective
  • As Morgan and Sasha chat it up at Noah’s family’s Purim party, a sad-eyed Esther stands off to the side, quietly watching the interaction.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The footage shows Deiseroth’s demeanor teetering between sad and angry.
    David Goodhue October 24, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • With two more wins against the woebegone Chicago White Sox, Seattle could sneak to within 1 1/2 games before the Astros open a weekend series at Yankee Stadium on Friday.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Only Hunter Goodman, a catcher who played for Hartford in 2022 and 23, will represent the woebegone franchise in the All-Star Game.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 13 July 2025
Adjective
  • Those are encouraging strides on a team that was understandably crestfallen Sunday, when Warner dislocated and fractured his right ankle, which was surgically repaired Tuesday at Stanford Hospital.
    Cam Inman, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Dafoe plays this encounter with a sly crestfallen radiance.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The once forlorn small club of football faithful have welcomed a convoy of bandwagon hoppers.
    Dana O'Neil, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Yet like many other Z&L endeavors in San Jose, that project has fizzled, and the old church remains a forlorn structure next to an unkempt field in downtown San Jose.
    George Avalos, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Usually, the Bears are on the glum side of a result like Sunday’s 25-24 win over the Las Vegas Raiders.
    Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The album’s emotional palette fluidly shifts between defiant bravado and glum recognition that the big dream was more than likely to crash and burn.
    Jesse Adams, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • While Chinese industrial companies saw their earnings surge the most in nearly two years last month, the job market remains gloomy and a years long housing crash is lingering.
    Bloomberg, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The town is a different place during the colder months – sometimes gloomy and overcast, other times brilliantly sunny, but typically quiet, even contemplative.
    Jonathan Shikes, Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Amby is disconsolate on the drive home.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
  • As Wilshere and his players greeted the Norwich fans, across the Riverside pitch, Michael Carrick and his Middlesbrough squad were conducting a disconsolate lap of appreciation in a largely emptied stadium.
    Michael Walker, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • One man in the crowd can be seen laughing, another man holds his head in his hands, while a despondent elderly couple gets up and leaves.
    Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The situation is a potential turnaround from just six months ago, when Democrats and their allies were divided and despondent.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Triste.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triste. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.

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