plaintive[adjective]Synonyms: sorrowful, heart-rending, mournful, pathetic, piteous, pitiful, sad
Related Words: deploring,
lamenting,
wailing,
piteous,
pitiful,
sad,
saddening [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
plain‧tive /ˈpleɪntɪv/
adjective[
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old French;
Origin: plaintif, from plaint; PLAINT]
a plaintive sound is high, like someone crying, and sounds sad
plaintive cry/voice/sound etc
the plaintive cry of the seagull—plaintively adverb [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲