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plaintive
plaintiveexpressing sorrow; mournful: a plaintive melody; wistful, sad
Not to be confused with:plaintiff – the party who institutes a suit in court, opposed to defendantplain·tive P0346800 (plān′tĭv)adj. Expressing sorrow; mournful or melancholy.
[Middle English plaintif, from Old French, aggrieved, lamenting, from plaint, complaint; see plaint.]
plain′tive·ly adv.plain′tive·ness n.plaintive (ˈpleɪntɪv) adjexpressing melancholy; mournful[C14: from Old French plaintif grieving, from plainte plaint] ˈplaintively adv ˈplaintiveness nplain•tive (ˈpleɪn tɪv)
adj. expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful: a plaintive melody. [1350–1400; Middle English plaintif < Middle French; see plaint, -ive] plain′tive•ly, adv. plain′tive•ness, n. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | plaintive - expressing sorrowmournfulsorrowful - experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; "sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13 |
plaintiveadjective sorrowful, sad, pathetic, melancholy, grievous, pitiful, woeful, wistful, mournful, heart-rending, rueful, grief-stricken, disconsolate, doleful, woebegone, piteous Her voice was small and plaintive.plaintiveadjectiveFull of or expressive of sorrow:doleful, dolorous, lugubrious, mournful, rueful, sad, sorrowful, woebegone, woeful.Translationsplaintive (ˈpleintiv) adjective sounding sad or sorrowful. a plaintive cry. 悲哀的 悲哀的ˈplaintively adverb 悲哀地 悲哀地ˈplaintiveness noun 悲哀 悲哀
plaintive
Related to plaintive: detestable, ostentatious, inordinate, imperturbable, unassailable, sporadicallySynonyms for plaintiveadj sorrowfulSynonyms- sorrowful
- sad
- pathetic
- melancholy
- grievous
- pitiful
- woeful
- wistful
- mournful
- heart-rending
- rueful
- grief-stricken
- disconsolate
- doleful
- woebegone
- piteous
Synonyms for plaintiveadj full of or expressive of sorrowSynonyms- doleful
- dolorous
- lugubrious
- mournful
- rueful
- sad
- sorrowful
- woebegone
- woeful
Synonyms for plaintiveadj expressing sorrowSynonymsRelated Words |