Tristesse is defined as a state of sadness.
When your best friend has just moved away and you are feeling really unhappy about it, the state you are in is an example of tritesse.
tristesse
sadness; melancholy
Origin of tristesse
Frenchtristesse
Sentence Examples
- Sometimes they are headed like the chapters of a treatise on ethics: "De la tristesse," "De 1'oisivete," "De la peur," "De l'amitie."