triste

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for triste
Adjective
  • But now, the King and the royal family have received very sad news that will change things going forward.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Shooting scenes in wide or medium shots that sometimes break into Hsiao-Lee’s harrowing point-of-view, cinematographer Yu Jing-Pin depicts a world without much color or hope, while sets by Huang Mei-Ching and Tu Shuo-Feng emphasize a sad and impoverished existence.
    Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 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
  • However that plays out, there is likely to be one winner reveling in his first crown, having achieved the ultimate goal in their sport, and a crestfallen loser, knowing perhaps his best chance has passed by, both in the same McLaren garage.
    Luke Smith, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
  • What might be lost on moviegoers is the crestfallen murmurings that came with the 1990 publication of Vineland.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The facts present a forlorn and foreboding portrait of the Rockies’ starting pitching.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Often, Andor and Klára stare at each other in mutual, forlorn incomprehension, each seeking and failing to find a mirror in the other’s gaze.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Had that been the case, my glum head would have hit the pillow last night with nothing but images of Emil Bove to put me to sleep unamused. — Joe Pachino, Baltimore Add your voice: Respond to this piece or other Sun content by submitting your own letter.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2025
  • Despite her glum report, Bothwell expressed some hope.
    Steven Mihailovich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • Canva Sans Variable Canva Sans Variable Recent surveys of consumer sentiment seem to echo these gloomy results.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Meanwhile, analysts at EY-Parthenon sounded gloomier about the housing market in a report that also came out on Tuesday, predicting that home prices will turn negative on an annual basis by year-end due to low demand and rising inventories.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 30 Aug. 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
  • Burials have taken place at a July 11 commemoration service—a despondent attempt at closure for grieving families.
    Seema Jilani August 29, Literary Hub, 29 Aug. 2025
  • After the race, Hamilton sounded despondent and hinted at turmoil at his new team.
    Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Aug. 2025
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“Triste.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triste. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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