contrist

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/kənˈtɹɪst/

verb

To make sad, to upset.

OriginLatin contrīstō →
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Meanings

verbcontrist (third-person singular simple present contrists, present participle contristing, simple past and past participle contristed)

present singular third person contrists · participle present contristing · participle past contristed · past contristed

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo make sad, to upset.

    with such weak nerves and spirits, and in the condition I am in at present, ’twould be as much as my life was worth, to deject and contrist myself with so bad and melancholy an account

    1761, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume 3, Penguin, published 2003, page 179

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
contristate

Origin

  1. Latincontrīstō
  2. Englishcontrist

From Old French (and modern French) contrister, from Latin contrīstō, from con- + tristis (“sad”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of contristate.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with contrist

listassistexisthististfisttwistconsistwristresistdismissedmistinsistpersistfristcystenlistgistdesistgristLisztcoexistbistpiste
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Anagrams

strontic
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “contrist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contrist.

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