triste

Definition of tristenext

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for triste
Adjective
  • All our thoughts are with his family and loved ones at this incredibly sad time.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
  • That was very sad that Soft Cell’s Dave Ball died at just 66.
    Pat Saperstein, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Colorado’s puzzling 8-6 loss to woebegone Vancouver this past Wednesday was the Avs’ sixth game dressed as the Quebec Nordiques, and they’re now dropped three straight games while going retro — including two straight in regulation.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2026
  • In two years Curt Cignetti took a woebegone college team, with nary a five-star player, to an undefeated national championship.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Spurs must somehow move on from the palpable devastation that left Kevin Danso on the floor, needing to be pulled up by his team-mates, and other players looking utterly crestfallen at the final whistle.
    Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Ortega, meanwhile, sounds unmistakably like a Rachel Sennott character, except that Ortega plays Sennott better than Sennott plays herself, especially when called to be crestfallen or truly upset.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Building on the bones of Detroit techno and electro, his best records are hallucinogenic portals into worlds made out of 8-bit textures, rusty bleeps, and the occasional forlorn piano or sandpapery vocal sample.
    Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The Pfizer World Headquarters conversion is already underway, and that will drop quite a few residents into the area and give it a less forlorn feeling outside of business hours.
    Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • What that looks like in practice is a collection of 10 songs that range from glum balladry to cautiously ecstatic nu-disco, created with a high-class list of collaborators, including Air’s Nicolas Godin (the album was primarily recorded at Godin’s Paris studio) and Étienne de Crécy.
    Molly Mary O’Brien, Pitchfork, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The numbers, of course, never tell the whole story, but still paint a glum picture of a less-than-menacing offense.
    Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 2 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • The late queen’s memory looms over the monarchy after a 70-year reign that saw her evolve from the glamorous young sovereign who cheered Britain during the gloomy post-war years to the beloved national grandmother who rallied the country during the COVID-19 pandemic.
    ABC News, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Americans gloomy on economy; Wall Street cashes in Americans recorded a 74-year low in pessimism about the economy at the same time Wall Street closed the most lucrative trading quarter since at least 2014.
    Diane Brady, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Last week, a moving van transported Andrew’s possessions from his home in Windsor’s Royal Lodge to a farm on the King’s Sandringham estate, after he was photographed, disconsolate, riding a horse.
    Sam Knight, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Amby is disconsolate on the drive home.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Yet, as the country’s fractious politics show, Americans are increasingly despondent.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Triggering can also make someone depressed, anxious, despondent or even suicidal.
    Charles Trepany, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
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“Triste.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triste. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.

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