tristesse

tris·tesse

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noun

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

French

tristesse

Noun

(uncountable)

(literary) sadness

Origin

From French tristesse

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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."

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