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