Meaning of tristeness | Babel Free

Definitions

Sadness.

rare, uncountable

Examples

“I think⟳ I have⟳ somewhere met with the observation that nobody ever leaves paris but with a degree of tristeness.”

“This gloomy tristeness reigns triumphant over most of the streets, except when a review⟳, or some other public occasion, attracts the population of the provinces.[…]; and, owing to there being no theatres, concerts, balls, or merry-making, an air of indescribable tristeness pervaded every thing, rendered still more melancholy by the number⟳ of people attired in that mournful garb which told of the loss of some beloved relative, or valued friend.[…]Solitude had usurped the throne of gaiety; gloom and tristeness were the substitutes for mirth and music:[…]”

“Opposite Simone the cat and the sportive Georgette were having a low-voiced conversation about the tristeness of a monsieur of their acquaintance.”

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