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Another word for plaintive

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plaintive

modif.

melancholy, pitiful, mournful; see sad 2.

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Another word for plaintive

adjective

Full of or expressive of sorrow:

doleful, dolorous, lugubrious, mournful, rueful, sad, sorrowful, woebegone, woeful. See happy

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Suddenly, a plaintive yowling jars you from your peaceful oblivion.
From the tents came now loud angry cries and now plaintive groans.
The puppy let out a plaintive whimper when the girl stepped on its foot.
The plaintive moan of reproach was drowned by the threatening and angry roar of the crowd.
Her plaintive words showed the sorrow and remore that Rachel felt.

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