tristeful

comparative more tristeful · superlative most tristeful

1. alternativeAlternative form of tristful.

   Ye tristeful Souvenirs! why this vain intent / Of over-tiring heart so tired by Fate?

   1884, Luis de Camoens, “Lembranças tristes, para que gastais tento (On the death of a lover)”, in Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl., Camoens. The Lyricks., part I (Sonnets, Canzons, Odes, and Sextines), London: Bernard Quaritch, […], page 248

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   Unchanged the world remains.-⁠-⁠-The change is here; / In this sad breast,-⁠-⁠-this sorrow-sunken soul, / This tristeful heart, the deep, dark dungeon, where / Lie broken hopes and ever-during dole.

   1823 January 25, “The Romaunt of Llewellyn; (Continued.) Canto I.—Part III.”, in The Manchester Iris: A Literary and Scientific Miscellany, […], volume II, number 52, Manchester: […] Henry Smith, […], stanza LVI, page 28, column 1

   Lady Katrine was there, with her “tristeful visage,” as Churchill justly called it, and more tristeful it presently became.

   1834, Maria Edgeworth, chapter XV, in Helen, a Tale, volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], page 319

   The work has been called melancholy, and the impression it leaves has been represented as lugubriously tristeful.

   1834 June 21, “[Spectator’s Library.] Sir Egerton Brydges.”, in The Spectator, volume VII, number 312, page 590, column 2

   From this church tower during the still hours of the night, comes the tristeful cry of the watchman, “Past twelve, all’s well: bright starry night,” or “stormy night.”

   1875, Thérèse Yelverton, “Charleston, S. Carolina”, in Teresina in America, volume I, London: Richard Bentley and Son, pages 52–53

   Shortly afterwards, however, Sir Ernest’s wife was observed to lapse into her old tristeful state.

   1875 September 11, Edward Viles, “Black Bess; An Historical Tale of “The Good Old Times.””, in The Albion: An International Journal. […], volume 53, number 37, New York, N.Y., chapter LI, page 11, column 2