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Noun: tristesse  tris'tes
Usage: literary
  1. The quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness
    - gloominess, lugubriousness, sadness
     
  2. The state of being sad
    - sadness, sorrow, sorrowfulness

Derived forms: tristesses

Type of: uncheerfulness, unhappiness

Encyclopedia: Tristesse

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