as in sad
Related Words
Relevance
Dissimilar Words
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for triste
Adjective
-
Everyone's a little sad in The Holdovers, Alexander Payne's charmingly sour comedy about a student stuck at his New England boarding school over the holidays with only his grouchy professor (Paul Giamatti) and the school cook (Da'Vine Joy Randolph) for company.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Nov. 2025 -
The 25-year-old wide receiver is sad to see his teammates go, but trusts the vision of the New York front office.—
Matt Audilet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
-
The Chargers would clinch the sixth-seeded spot with a victory over the Broncos or a loss by the Buffalo Bills to the woebegone New York Jets or a tie with the Broncos and a tie by the Bills or a tie with the Broncos and a loss by the Texans.—
Elliott Teaford,
Oc Register,
29 Dec. 2025
-
The state’s woebegone bullet train project has been receiving a quarter of auction revenues, roughly $1 billion a year.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
12 Dec. 2025
Adjective
-
The decision has left students crestfallen.—
Olivia Palombo,
FOXNews.com,
12 Nov. 2025
-
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
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
-
As for his team losing out on a playoff berth the night before Charles' appearance on Fallon, though, the Ravens fan was glum.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
6 Jan. 2026
-
So far, however, the city hasn’t seen an exodus of its richest residents, and their alarm has lapsed into glum acceptance.—
Michael Powell,
The Atlantic,
1 Jan. 2026
Adjective
-
China's economy ended the year on a slightly less gloomy note, as factory activity expanded in December for the first time since March, beating expectations, according to official data released Wednesday.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
31 Dec. 2025
-
Chilly, gloomy New Year's Eve across Baltimore Temperatures are peaking in the low to mid-30s this afternoon, under lots of clouds.—
Cutter Martin,
CBS News,
31 Dec. 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
-
Instead of getting despondent about it, it was used as a motivation.—
Simon Johnson,
New York Times,
1 Jan. 2026
-
But in a world that is actively and effectively doing its best to keep us despondent, depressed, and disconnected, keeping our spirits clean is easier said than done.—
Essence,
Essence,
29 Dec. 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“Triste.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triste. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share