contrist means To make sad, to upset. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why this word is great
CONTRIST — [Verb] To make sorrowful; to cast a shadow of sadness upon. From the Old and Modern French contrister, from Latin contrīstō, from con- (intensive prefix) + tristis ("sad") + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Unlike "depress," which implies a heavy, psychological burden, or "grieve," which is to feel sorrow inwardly, to contrist is the specific, transitive act of imparting melancholy to another. It is the subtle shift in a friend's posture when you forget a shared anniversary, the averted gaze of one who has heard an unwelcome secret, or the slow dimming of enthusiasm in a voice when a promise is withdrawn—a quiet archaeology of heartache, acknowledging that sorrow is often not a state we fall into, but a thing we hand one another, carefully and without fanfare.
verb
- 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 account”