plaintive Antonyms
Strongest:
- laughing
- smiling
- happy
- triumphant
- joyful
- smiling
- delighted
- joyful
- cheery
- delighted
- bright
- cheery
- laughing
- cheerful
- triumphant
- happy
- cheerful
- bright
Strong:
- encouraging
- blithe
- lighthearted
- exulting
- exulting
- blithe
- rejoicing
- hopeful
- cheering
- merry
- hopeful
- optimistic
- lighthearted
- glorying
- jolly
- rejoicing
- mirthful
- rhapsodic
- joyous
- merry
- encouraging
- buoyant
- rhapsodic
- optimistic
- jolly
- blissful
- joyous
- glorying
- buoyant
- cheering
- mirthful
- blissful
Weak:
Strongest:
Strong:
- depressed
- anguished
- plangent
- melancholy
- somber
- regretful
- funereal
- unhappy
- doleful
- lugubrious
- lamentable
- sad
- sorry
- crying
- bleak
- aching
- tearful
- dolorous
- grieving
- rueful
- sorrowful
- agonized
- woeful
Weak:
- joyless
- dreary
- cheerless
- gray
- moaning
- heartsick
- suffering
- forlorn
- dejected
- dirgelike
- downcast
- pessimistic
- dolesome
- morbid
- moody
- keening
- bewailing
- careworn
- low
- downhearted
- howling
- miserable
- crestfallen
- gloomy
- triste
- sombre
- pathetic
- elegiacal
- groaning
- saturnine
- grey
- disconsolate
- black
- glum
- dispirited
- heartsore
- bawling
- inconsolable
- morose
- low-spirited
- dark
- bemoaning
- brokenhearted
- piteous
- dismal
- elegiac
- wretched
- deploring
- woebegone
- sullen
- darkening
- bleeding
- desolate
- despondent
Meaning of plaintive
plaintive (s)
expressing sorrow
plaintive (n.)
Repining; complaining; lamenting.
Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad.
plaintive Sentence Examples
- The plaintive melody of the violin evoked a profound sense of longing in her soul.
- The abandoned child's plaintive cries pierced the stillness of the night.
- The wind howled a plaintive lament through the barren branches of the trees.
- The plaintive gaze in the dog's eyes conveyed its unspoken sorrow.
- The plaintive notes of a distant guitar carried softly on the evening breeze.
- The elderly woman's plaintive voice trembled as she recounted her life's journey.
- The plaintive song of a mockingbird filled the air with a bittersweet melody.
- The plaintive silence of the empty house whispered secrets of its former inhabitants.
- The plaintive murmur of the waves broke the monotony of the shoreline.
- The plaintive plea for help fell on deaf ears, leaving a void of unanswered prayers.
FAQs About the word plaintive
expressing sorrowRepining; complaining; lamenting., Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad.
wailing, weeping, heartbroken, funeral, bitter,mournful, depressed,anguished, plangent, melancholy
laughing, smiling, happy, triumphant, joyful, smiling, delighted, joyful, cheery, delighted
The plaintive melody of the violin evoked a profound sense of longing in her soul.
The abandoned child's plaintive cries pierced the stillness of the night.
The wind howled a plaintive lament through the barren branches of the trees.
The plaintive gaze in the dog's eyes conveyed its unspoken sorrow.
