triste — meaning in English

English meaning

• bleak adj Cold, grey, and exposed, with nothing to soften the harshness of the scene.
• blue adjective Having the colour of a clear daytime sky.
• dour adjective Stern, unfriendly, and serious in manner or expression.
• sad adj Feeling sorrow or unhappiness.
• unhappy adj Feeling or showing sadness.

Senses

triste is used for these senses in English:

• bleak Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.
• blue (informal) Depressed, melancholic, sad.
• dour Expressing gloom or melancholy.
• sad Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.
• unhappy Not happy; sad.

bleak — full definition

1. adj Cold, grey, and exposed, with nothing to soften the harshness of the scene.
2. adj Offering little hope; grim.

blue — full definition

1. adjective Having the colour of a clear daytime sky.
2. adjective Sad or depressed.
3. noun The colour itself, between green and violet on the spectrum.
4. noun A member of a police force, sports team, or political party associated with the colour blue (informal, often plural as "blues").

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