tristitiate

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verb

To sadden.

Similar
attristcontristateaggrievebegloombegrievebesorrowgrievepain
OriginLatin tristitia →
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Meanings

verbtristitiate (third-person singular simple present tristitiates, present participle tristitiating, simple past and past participle tristitiated)

present singular third person tristitiates · participle present tristitiating · participle past tristitiated · past tristitiated

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo sadden.

    Calamitie doth so much tristitiate, as that he neuer sees the flashes of some warming ioy

    1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political

    Synonyms: attrist, contristate, aggrieve, attrist, begloom, begrieve, besorrow, grieve

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo sadden.

Similar
attristcontristateaggrieveattristbegloombegrievebesorrowgrievepainbring downcome down oncontristatedarkendashdejectdepressdesolatedispiritengrieveforset
Also see
attristcontristatesadden

Origin

  1. Latintristitia“sadness”
  2. Englishtristitiate

From Latin tristitia (“sadness”), from tristis (“sad”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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