contristate

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verb

To make sorrowful; to sadden or grieve.

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attristcontristtristitiateaggrievebegloombegrievebesorrowgrieve
OriginLatin contrīstātus →
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Meanings

verbcontristate (third-person singular simple present contristates, present participle contristating, simple past and past participle contristated)

present singular third person contristates · participle present contristating · participle past contristated · past contristated

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo make sorrowful; to sadden or grieve.

    They are contristated to repentance.

    1637, William Chillingworth, The Religion of Protestants
    2 more examples

    Somewhat they [Harmonical sounds and Discordant Sounds] do contristate , but very little

    1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “IX. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC

    For the insufferable sadness of a heart smitten almost prostrate grieves, contristates, and affects me.

    1861, H. E. Dennehy, The Church of the First Three Centuries

    Synonyms: attrist, contrist, tristitiate, aggrieve, attrist, begloom, begrieve, besorrow

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo make sorrowful; to sadden or grieve.

Similar
attristcontristtristitiateaggrieveattristbegloombegrievebesorrowgrievepainbring downcome down ondarkendashdejectdepressdesolatedispiritengrieve
Also see
attristbegloombegrievebring downcome down ondarkendashdejectdepressdesolatedispiritengrieveforsetget downgrievemoanoppressruesaddentristitiateungladden

Origin

  1. Latincontrīstātus
  2. Englishcontristate

First attested in 1616; borrowed from Latin contrīstātus, perfect passive participle of contrīstō (“to sadden”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of contrist.

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APA

contristate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contristate

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“contristate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contristate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “contristate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contristate.

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