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