trist
/tɹɪst/
trist noun: trust, faith. Also the obsolete form of tryst.
Noun (1)
trist (plural trists)
Verb
trist (third-person singular simple present trists, present participle tristing, simple past and past participle tristed)
- To trust, have faith in.
Noun (2)
trist (plural trists)
- A set station in hunting.
Also used as
trist is also the obsolete form of tryst.
trist is also the alternative form of triste.
Forms of trist
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | trists |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | trists |
| present participle | tristing |
| past participle | tristed |
| past | tristed |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more trist |
| superlative | most trist |
Origin of trist
Apparently related to trust.
From Old French triste. Compare tryst.
Words formed from trist
Words that rhyme with trist
43 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- frist
- insist
- Liszt
- piste
- tryst
- agist
- consist
- dismissed
- encyst
- hist
- pissed
- sist
- tier list
- whist
- wrist
- absist
- atwist
- bist
- cist
- coexist
- contrist
- cyst
- delist
- demist
- desist
- dissed
- dream list
- exist
- fair list
- get one's knickers in a twist
- glissed
- hissed
- is't
- ist
- kissed
- missed
- rankist
- schist
- triste
- unlist
- ventriloquist
- wist
- xyst
Questions about trist
- What does trist mean?
- Trist means trust, faith.
- What part of speech is trist?
- Trist can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce trist?
- Trist is pronounced /tɹɪst/.
- What is the plural of trist?
- The plural of trist is trists.
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