triest

See also: Triest

English

Verb

triest

1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of try
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Chronicles 29:17:

     I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness.

Anagrams

• streit, Tetris, titers, titres, triset, Strite, tirest, triste, sitter, Sitter, trites, tretis

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from Latin tristis; compare French triste.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

triest (comparative triester, superlative meest triest or triestst)

1. pitiful
2. sad

Inflection

Declension of triest
uninflected	triest
inflected	trieste
comparative	triester
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		triest	triester	het triestst het triestste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	trieste	triestere	triestste
	n. sing.	triest	triester	triestste
	plural	trieste	triestere	triestste
definite		trieste	triestere	triestste
partitive		triests	triesters	—

Synonyms

• verdrietig
• tragisch

See also

• droevig
• treurig