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