PLAINTIVE Synonyms
There is 0 hypernym of the word plaintive. (close relations)
plaintively
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| mournful | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • expressing sorrow • filled with or evoking sadness | ||||||
| doleful | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • filled with or evoking sadness | ||||||
| lamentable | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • bad; unfortunate | ||||||
| lugubrious | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • excessively mournful | ||||||
| melancholy | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • a feeling of thoughtful sadness • a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed • a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy adjective satellite • characterized by or causing or expressing sadness • grave or even gloomy in character | ||||||
| piteous | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • deserving or inciting pity | ||||||
| sad | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness adjective satellite • of things that make you feel sad • bad; unfortunate | ||||||
| sorrowful | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss | ||||||
| tearful | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • filled with or marked by tears adjective satellite • showing sorrow | ||||||
| wistful | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • showing pensive sadness | ||||||
| woeful | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • affected by or full of grief or woe • of very poor quality or condition | ||||||
| plaintful | adjectiveadj | |||||
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