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