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