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