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