Words Like PLAINTIVE

We have put together a list of words that are similar to PLAINTIVE.

4 Alternative Words Similar to plaintive

1 Mournful Adjective Synonym Words Like Mournful

2 Sorrowful Adjective Similar Words Like Sorrowful

3 Lamenting Adjective Synonym Words Like Lamenting

4 Sad Adjective Synonym Words Like Sad

8 definitions of plaintive

1 Repining; complaining; lamenting.

2 Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad.

3 expressing sorrow

4 Expressing sorrow; mournful or melancholy.

5 1. Lamenting; complaining; giving utterance to sorrow or grief; repining.

6 Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad: said of things: as, a plaintive sound; a plaintive air; a plaintive song.

7 Synonyms Plaintive, Querulous, woful, rueful. Plaintive and querulous agree in expressing weakness. He who is querulous is ready to find fault over trivial matters, and in a weak, captious, tired way; there is a tone recognized as querlous. Plaintive is rarely said of persons; a plaintive tone or utterance conveys a subdued regret or lamentation : as, the plaintive note of the mourning dove. See petulant.

8 Sorrowful, mournful or melancholic.

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