Antonyms for tryst


Grammar : Noun
Spell : trist, trahyst
Phonetic Transcription : trɪst, traɪst


Definition of tryst

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French tristre "appointed station in hunting," possibly from a Scandinavian source (cf. Old Norse treysta "to trust;" see trust (v.)).
  • noun meeting during a love affair
Example sentences :
  • Now, all of us brothers have sworn to deliver that message, and to see that you keep the tryst.
  • Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
  • No tryst this, believe us, but a scene pathetic, more sacred.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • We are overdue now for my tryst with this new governor at New Chicago!
  • Extract from : « The Space Rover » by Edwin K. Sloat
  • I saw, therefore, that I was not the first at the tryst, and I hastened on in all speed.
  • Extract from : « That Boy Of Norcott's » by Charles James Lever
  • She hastened away in a flutter, feeling slightly as if she had been to a tryst.
  • Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
  • Therefore he bade her adieu, refusing to give her any tryst for the morrow.
  • Extract from : « The Doctor of Pimlico » by William Le Queux
  • "To keep my tryst with Mrs. Rogers," said Dick, and went out.
  • Extract from : « Ambrotox and Limping Dick » by Oliver Fleming
  • The promise was that marrying him should not interfere with what she considered her tryst.
  • Extract from : « Mary Ware's Promised Land » by Annie Fellows Johnston
  • Now, at his call, she was about to forsake her first tryst and turn to him.
  • Extract from : « Mary Ware's Promised Land » by Annie Fellows Johnston
  • That was the way of women when the man was late at the tryst.
  • Extract from : « The Dop Doctor » by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves

Synonyms for tryst

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