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attristing

attristing is the present participle and gerund of attrist.

Meaning of attrist

Verb

attrist (third-person singular simple present attrists, present participle attristing, simple past and past participle attristed)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To sadden; to make sad.

Questions about attristing

What is attristing the present participle and gerund of?
Attristing is the present participle and gerund of attrist.

Words near attristing in the dictionary

  1. Attridge
  2. Attridges
  3. Attris
  4. attrist
  5. attristed
  6. attristing
  7. attrists
  8. attrit
  9. attritability
  10. attritable
  11. attrite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: attristing (page history and authors); attrist (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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