Synonyms for triste
- adjective
Most common
All synonyms
Adjective
melancholy, sad, melancholic, gloomy, solemn, dark, joyless, miserable, dismal, unhappy, saturnine, mournful, lugubrious, sorrowful, doleful, morose, forlorn, disconsolate, funereal, despondent, depressing, dejected, glum, moody, dispirited, somber US, sombre UK, downcast, sullen, cheerless, grim, dull, desolate, wretched, dreary, bleak, woeful, lachrymose, woebegone, drear, atrabilious, dolesome, uncheerful, drearisome
Definitions
- adj. 1
Sad; sorrowful; gloomy.
Related words
- Other spellings
- trist
Example sentences
- miserable Tom is sitting on a park bench, looking miserable.
- unhappy We are never as happy or as unhappy as we imagine.
- melancholic She creates verses each time she's melancholic.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| triste | steady | |
| miserable | rising | |
| unhappy | rising | |
| melancholic | rising | |
| saturnine | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- sad1
- 4 letters
- dark1, dull1, grim1, glum1
- 5 letters
- moody2, bleak1, drear
- 6 letters
- gloomy2, solemn2, dismal2, dreary2, somber2, sombre, sullen2, woeful2, morose2
- 7 letters
- unhappy3, forlorn2, joyless, doleful2
- 8 letters
- wretched2, desolate3, dejected3, mournful2, downcast2, funereal, dolesome
- 9 letters
- miserable4, sorrowful3, cheerless, saturnine, woebegone3
- 10 letters
- depressing3, melancholy4, despondent3, dispirited4, lugubrious4, lachrymose3, uncheerful, drearisome
- 11 letters
- melancholic4, atrabilious
- 12 letters
- disconsolate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (moody2 = 2 syllables).