Synonyms for tristful
- adjective
Most common
All synonyms
Adjective
Related words
- Other spellings
- tristeful
Example sentences
- miserable Tom is sitting on a park bench, looking miserable.
- melancholic She creates verses each time she's melancholic.
- wistful Ah, this song makes me feel all wistful.
- sorrowful Everything is transient and therefore sorrowful.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| tristful | steady | |
| miserable | rising | |
| melancholic | rising | |
| wistful | rising | |
| sorrowful | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- sad1
- 4 letters
- blue1
- 6 letters
- gloomy2, dismal2
- 7 letters
- wistful2, joyless, doleful2
- 8 letters
- dejected3, mournful2
- 9 letters
- miserable4, sorrowful3, cheerless, woebegone3
- 10 letters
- melancholy4, despondent3, dispirited4
- 11 letters
- melancholic4, atrabilious
- 12 letters
- disconsolate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (gloomy2 = 2 syllables).