contristate means to make sorrowful; to sadden or grieve. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why “contristate” is a great word
CONTRISTATE — [Verb] To make sorrowful; to sadden or grieve. First attested in 1616; borrowed from Latin contrīstātus, the perfect passive participle of contrīstō ("to sadden"), from trīstis ("sad") with the intensive prefix con-. Unlike "depress," which suggests a general lowering of mood, or "aggrieve," which implies distress from injustice, to contristate is to deliberately inflict a specific, poignant sorrow. It is the grey light of a cancelled holiday, the quiet closing of a door by someone who will not return, or the weary acceptance in a friend's eyes—a deliberate architecture of sadness bestowed upon the soul.
Etymology
First attested in 1616; borrowed from Latin contrīstātus, perfect passive participle of contrīstō (“to sadden”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of contrist.
verb
- To make sorrowful; to sadden or grieve.“Somewhat they [Harmonical sounds and Discordant Sounds] do contristate , but very little”