tristesse
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9.9
- noun
- /trɪˈstɛs/
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tristeza
- I remember the first time I heard Chopin's Tristesse; I was in a car.
Examples
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But suddenly I'm away in Brandon Village, I'm walking its mangled lanes and taking in its tristesse.
Fiction book (2002) -
Expanding more on the tearful camaraderie you felt listening to Chopin's Tristesse and making that the central story you use as an example of music's ability to move you would be easier to relate to.
Blog text (5) -
"One place where he had her was this no sex on Sundays, Tuesdays, or Thursdays, because he hated to go to his statistics class (7:30 a.m.) in a state of exhausted tristesse (that was not what he called it).
Fiction book (1995) -
Jean Seberg was engaged to some Frenchman she'd met in the romantic resort town of St. Tropez, on the Riviera, while she was filming Bonjour Tristesse.
Fiction book (1997) -
After losing her job, she felt a deep sense of tristesse that lingered for weeks.
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The movie's ending filled the audience with a profound tristesse as the main character walked away in silence.
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He often reflected on his past with a bittersweet feeling of tristesse for the moments he could never revisit.
Synonyms
443
2.1
Deep sadness after you lose someone or something important
229
1.0
A feeling of being unhappy
46
3.2
A feeling of sadness and low spirits
37
5.9
Feeling or showing deep sadness
8
8.0
A sad heavy feeling that hangs over a place
4
3.7
A very strong feeling of sadness after a great loss
1
6.5
A deep, quiet feeling or look of sadness
1
9.9
A deep sadness about the suffering and unfairness in the world
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9.9
A deep sadness that lasts a long time and is hard to escape
A feeling of deep sadness and loss
A deep feeling of sadness about a loss
A feeling of being sad and having little hope
Antonyms
How Sad
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tristesse comes from the Latin word tristis, which means 'sad', and is like the Spanish and Italian word triste, so tristesse describes a deep feeling of sadness.