plaintive Antonyms
Strongest:
- bright
- triumphant
- joyful
- laughing
- cheery
- delighted
- triumphant
- smiling
- laughing
- cheerful
- smiling
- joyful
- happy
- cheerful
- happy
- delighted
- bright
- cheery
Strong:
- encouraging
- merry
- mirthful
- blithe
- mirthful
- hopeful
- buoyant
- joyous
- encouraging
- jolly
- lighthearted
- glorying
- blissful
- glorying
- merry
- hopeful
- rhapsodic
- blithe
- rejoicing
- cheering
- jolly
- optimistic
- rejoicing
- blissful
- rhapsodic
- cheering
- buoyant
- exulting
- optimistic
- lighthearted
- exulting
- joyous
Weak:
Strongest:
Strong:
- sorry
- doleful
- lugubrious
- aching
- sorrowful
- anguished
- agonized
- plangent
- rueful
- somber
- woeful
- crying
- unhappy
- dolorous
- melancholy
- sad
- grieving
- funereal
- tearful
- depressed
- regretful
- lamentable
- bleak
Weak:
- wretched
- morose
- despondent
- pathetic
- heartsore
- sullen
- morbid
- darkening
- crestfallen
- careworn
- low
- pessimistic
- dejected
- low-spirited
- keening
- black
- brokenhearted
- joyless
- bewailing
- piteous
- heartsick
- sombre
- moody
- downcast
- forlorn
- woebegone
- triste
- grey
- gray
- groaning
- gloomy
- bemoaning
- dispirited
- elegiacal
- dolesome
- cheerless
- suffering
- dark
- dreary
- miserable
- elegiac
- glum
- deploring
- downhearted
- saturnine
- moaning
- inconsolable
- bawling
- dismal
- howling
- dirgelike
- desolate
- disconsolate
- bleeding
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.
weeping, wailing, heartbroken, bitter, funeral,mournful, sorry, doleful, lugubrious, aching
bright,triumphant, joyful, laughing, cheery, delighted, triumphant, smiling, laughing, cheerful
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.
