contrist

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make sad, to upset. obsolete,transitive
    — with such weak nerves and spirits, and in the condition I am in at present, ’twould be as much as my life was worth, to deject and contrist myself with so bad and melancholy an account

词形变化

contrists present,singular,third-person contristing participle,present contristed participle,past contristed past

词源

From Old French (and modern French) contrister, from Latin contrīstō, from con- + tristis (“sad”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of contristate.
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