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contrists

contrists is the third-person singular simple present indicative of contrist.

Meaning of contrist

Verb

contrist (third-person singular simple present contrists, present participle contristing, simple past and past participle contristed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To make sad, to upset.
    • 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 contrist myself with so bad and melancholy an account1761, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume 3, Penguin, published 2003, page 179

Questions about contrists

What is contrists the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Contrists is the third-person singular simple present indicative of contrist.

Words near contrists in the dictionary

  1. contristating
  2. contristation
  3. contristations
  4. contristed
  5. contristing
  6. contrists
  7. contrite
  8. contritely
  9. contriteness
  10. contrites
  11. contrition

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