Plaintive synonyms
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Sadly or soberly musing; pensive
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- Sadly or soberly musing; pensive
- Feeling, showing, or expressing depression of the spirits; sad or dejected.
- Sad and depressed; gloomy
sad
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Causing grief:
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- Causing grief:
- Filled with or expressing grief; mournful.
- Full of or causing sorrow or sadness; mournful; melancholy
(Archaic) Painful
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- (Archaic) Painful
- Marked by or exhibiting sorrow, grief, or pain.
- Very sorrowful or sad; mournful
Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
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- Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
- Very sad or mournful, esp. in a way that seems exaggerated or ridiculous
Feeling or showing regret, esp. in an abashed way
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- Feeling or showing regret, esp. in an abashed way
- Inspiring pity or compassion.
- Causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow.
(Informal) Very bad; deplorable
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- (Informal) Very bad; deplorable
- Causing sorrow or gloom; depressing:
- Showing, expressing, or feeling sorrow or unhappiness:
Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous.
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- Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous.
- Feeling, showing, or expressing sorrow.
- Of a person, full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed; distraught.
Of woeful appearance; looking sorrowful, mournful, or wretched
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- Of woeful appearance; looking sorrowful, mournful, or wretched
- Feeling, showing, or expressing deep sorrow, grief, or wretchedness:
- Filled with or deeply affected by woe.
happy
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Find another word for plaintive. In this page you can discover 14 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for plaintive, like: melancholy, pitiful, mournful, sad, doleful, dolorous, lugubrious, mournful, rueful, sad and sorrowful.
