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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'contrist' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions contrist verb  (context, transitive, obsolete) To make sad, to upset. 1761: 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 myself with so bad and melancholy an account " Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, vol. 3 (Penguin 2003, p. 179) Etymology: From Old (and modern) French contrister, from Latin contristare, from con- + tristis "sad".        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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