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Definition of Contrist
1. v. t. To make sad.
Definition of Contrist
1. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To make sad, to upset. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Contrist
1. to sadden [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: sadden
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contrist
Literary usage of Contrist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne (1887)
"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 ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1826)
"T HE ancient and modern states of this large parish present a greater contrist
than that of any other in the Metropolis or suburbs. ..."
3. Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Smith, Horatio Balch Hackett, Ezra Abbot (1872)
"Furthermore, the Bible always draws a strong contrist between the character of
the Israelites and that of the descendants of ..."
4. The Protestant Reformation in France, Or, History of the Hugonots by Anne Marsh-Caldwell (1847)
"... et accessoire, and that all good people are in much pain upon that account,
I have grieved the more, (autant plus et& contrist^) as I have learned, ..."
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