contristv.
Obsolete or archaic.
transitive. To make sad or sorrowful; to sadden, grieve.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > be sorry or grieved at [verb (transitive)] > sadden or grieve
rueOE
grieve?c1225
teen1340
moana1425
contrist1490
sadden1565
sad1578
ensorrow1593
contristate1616
tristitiate1628
dolea1637
endolour1884
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos (1890) xxii. 80 Whiche..constristeth theym wyth a sorowfull mynde.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos (1890) xxvii. 105 To thende that he were therof contryste in remembraunce pardurable.
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. iii. 17 Lord God, must I again contrist myself?
1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. xx. 101 To deject and contrist myself with so sad and melancholy an account.
1818 J. Brown Psyche 10 As disappointments to contrist him, Arose in life and back'd his system.
Derivatives
conˈtristed adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [adjective]
sorelyc888
gramec893
sorrowfuleOE
unblithec897
sorryeOE
carefulOE
charyOE
sickOE
yomerOE
sorry-moodOE
sweerc1000
yomerlyOE
sorrilyOE
woea1200
balec1220
sorry?c1225
sorec1275
sorec1275
gremefula1300
sada1300
ruthlyc1300
thoughtfulc1300
woebegonea1325
heavyc1330
grievousc1374
woefula1375
sorrowya1382
dereful?a1400
sorousa1400
sytefula1400
teenfula1400
wrotha1400
balefulc1400
tristy?c1400
tristc1420
dolefulc1430
wapped in woec1440
yhevidc1440
dolenta1450
condolentc1460
discomforted1477
tristfula1492
sorrow1496
dram?a1513
dolorous1513
earnful?1527
troublous1535
amort1546
mournfula1558
passioned1560
sadded1566
tristive1578
distressed1586
passionate1586
sorrowed1596
distressful1601
passionful1605
sighful1606
contristed1625
anguishinga1642
sadful1658
saddened1665
tristitious1694
sick as a parrot1705
pangful1727
woesome1778
grieving1807
ruesome1833
yearned1838
doleant1861
mournsome1869
thoughted1869
tragical1887
grief-stricken1905
1625 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron II. 86 b That your contristed spirits should be chearfully revived.
1807 J. Barlow Columbiad iv. 164 Contristed sects his sullen fury fly.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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