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