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