plaintfuladj.
/ˈpleɪntf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˈpleɪntf(ə)l/ Now rare.
Full of complaint or lamentation; plaintive, mournful; (in early use also) †occasioning grief, lamentable (obsolete).In quot. c1455: = plainteous adj.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > [adjective]
eileOE
soreOE
balefulc1200
carefulc1200
aching?c1225
pinefulc1225
sughendc1230
pininga1250
stinginga1250
toughc1275
deringa1325
unsetec1325
unwinc1330
throlya1375
encumbrousc1384
grievable1390
painful1395
plaintfula1400
sweamlya1400
swemandc1400
temptingc1400
importunea1425
sweamfulc1430
penible?a1439
discomfortingc1450
grievingc1450
remordingc1450
sorousc1503
badc1530
paining1532
raw1548
nippingc1550
smartful1556
pinching1563
grievesome1568
griping1568
afflictive1576
pressing1591
boisterous1599
heartstruck1608
carkingc1620
gravaminous1659
vellicating1669
weary1785
traumatizing1970
gut-wrenching1972
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [adjective]
carefulOE
charyOE
mourningOE
sorrowingOE
sorryOE
balec1220
heavy?c1225
ruefulc1225
ruthfulc1225
sorrowful?c1225
dolefulc1275
plaintivea1393
complainingc1430
lamentable?a1475
plaining?c1475
dolent1490
lamentatious1532
troublous1535
plaintfula1542
dirge-like1561
yearnfula1566
waymenting1573
mestive1575
lamentatory1576
mestful1577
wailful1579
lamentinga1586
weepy1602
deplorative1610
deploringa1616
gement1656
condolent1691
dirgeful1793
dirgy1830
lamentful1876
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 1497 Quen caym had don þat plentful plight [a1400 Gött. cursed dede].
c1455 Regiam Majestatem c. 4 Quhen..ony man complenȝeis to the kyng..[the] iustice of that court..aw to ger sommonde the party of quham he is plantful be lauchfull sommondyng til aper till ansuer.
a1542 T. Wyatt Psalm cii. 556 in Coll. Poems (1969) Ffor my plaintfull syghes, and my drede.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Sidera xii Here is iuster cause of plaintfull sadnesse.
1609 W. Shakespeare Louers Complaint in Sonnets sig. Kv Off a hill whose concaue wombe reworded, A plaintfull story from a sistring vale.
?1614 W. Drummond Song: It Autumne was in Poems O leaue thy plaintfull Soule more to molest.
1670 N. Wanley tr. J. Lipsius Disc. of Constancy i. v. 30 For we shall fluctuate with them for ever: Anxious, Plaintfull, Discompos'd, and never (as we ought) assigning what is equall either to God or Man.
a1750 A. Hill Wks. (1753) 391 Then, plaintful grief shall drop her whiney drawl.
1786 T. Holcroft Amourous Tale ii. vi. 114 My Lady dear had ended her plaintful and amorous ditty, she down did kneel.
a1847 H. F. Lyte Remains (1850) xxxv. 185 Ye mournful band! your wounds are deep, And who shall chide your plaintful sigh?
1855 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. I. 164 With their chirp The plaintful cicads shall the vine-trees rend.
1931 W. Faulkner Sanctuary xxii. 246 He heard the whippoorwill, liquid, plaintful, reiterant.
2003 San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News (Nexis) 14 Nov. What music fan can't remember that plaintful cry of Todd Rundgren signing [sic] his classic hit ‘Hello, It's Me’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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