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