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