- tristfulness
- noun see tristful
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
tristfulness
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tristfulness — See tristfully. * * * … Universalium
tristfulness — trist·ful·ness … English syllables
tristfulness — noun see tristful … Useful english dictionary
tristful — adjective Etymology: Middle English trist sad, from Anglo French triste Date: 15th century sad, melancholy • tristfully adverb • tristfulness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
tristful — tristfully, adv. tristfulness, n. /trist feuhl/, adj. full of sadness; sorrowful. [1485 95; obs. trist sad, gloomy ( < OF triste < L tristis) + FUL] * * * … Universalium
melancholia — Synonyms and related words: abstraction, abulia, aching heart, agony, agony of mind, alienation, anguish, anxiety, anxiety equivalent, anxiety state, apathy, bale, bitterness, bleeding heart, brain disease, broken heart, catatonic stupor,… … Moby Thesaurus
melancholy — Synonyms and related words: absorption, abstraction, aching heart, agony, agony of mind, anguish, atrabiliar, atrabilious, bale, beetle browed, bitterness, black, black browed, blase, bleeding heart, blue, blues, boredness, boredom, bouderie,… … Moby Thesaurus
pensiveness — Synonyms and related words: absorption, abstraction, brown study, castle building, close study, concentration, contemplativeness, daydreaming, deep thought, dreamery, dreamfulness, dreaminess, dreaming, dreamlikeness, engrossment, fantasying,… … Moby Thesaurus
