plaintive

plain·tive  (plntv)

adj.

Expressing sorrow; mournful or melancholy.

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[Middle English plaintif, from Old French, aggrieved, lamenting, from plaint, complaint; see plaint.]

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plaintive·ly adv.

plaintive·ness n.

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plaintive [ˈpleɪntɪv]

adj

expressing melancholy; mournful

[from Old French plaintif grieving, from plainte plaint]

plaintively  adv

plaintiveness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

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plaintive - expressing sorrow mournful sorrowful - experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; "sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13

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plaintive

adjective sorrowful, sad, pathetic, melancholy, grievous, pitiful, woeful, wistful, mournful, heart-rending, rueful, grief-stricken, disconsolate, doleful, woebegone, piteous Her voice was small and plaintive.

Translations

plaintive [ˈpleɪntɪv] ADJ → lastimero, quejumbroso

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plaintive [ˈpleɪntɪv] adj → plaintif/ive

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plaintive

adj → klagend; voice etc also → wehleidig (pej); song etc also → schwermütig, elegisch (geh); look etc → leidend; the letter ended on a plaintive note → der Brief schloss mit einer Klage

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plaintive [ˈpleɪntɪv] adj (voice, song) → lamentoso/a; (look) → struggente
plaintive cry → lamento

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plaintive

adj plaintive [ˈpleintiv]

sounding sad or sorrowful a plaintive cry. klaende نائِح، شَجي، حَزين тъжен žalostný sørgmodig wehleidig θρηνητικός, λυπητερός quejumbroso, lastimero kaeblik سوزناک haikea plaintif עָצוּב दु:खपूर्ण, विषाद-पूर्ण tugaljiv panaszos sedih angurvær lamentoso 悲しげな 애처로운 gailus, graudus žēlabains sedih klaaglijk vemodig, klagende żałosny lamentoso tânguitor печальный, жалобный žalostný tožeč tugaljiv klagande, sorgsen ที่ดูเศร้าโศก acıklı, kederli 悲哀的 жалібний, тужливий غم انگيز، افسردہ than vãn 悲哀的

adv plaintively

klaend بِشَجى، بِحُزْن، بِأسى тъжно naříkavě sørgmodigt wehleidig θρηνητικά lastimeramente, quejumbrosamente kaeblikult بطور سوزناک haikeasti plaintivement בְּנִימָה עָצוּבָה दुखपूर्णता से विषाद-पूर्णता के साथ tužan panaszosan dengan sedih á angurværan hátt in modo lamentoso 悲しげに 애처롭게 gailiai, graudžiai žēli; žēlabaini dgn sedih klaaglijk vemodig żałośnie tristemente cu jale печально, жалобно žalostne tarnajoče tugaljivo klagande, sorgset ด้วยความเศร้าโศก hüzünle, kederle 悲哀地 жалібно غم انگزيزي سے than vãn 悲哀地

n plaintiveness

klaendheid شَجى، أسى тъга plačtivost sørgmodighed die Wehleidigkeit θρήνος quejumbre kurbus سوزناکی haikeus ton plaintif צַעָר दुखपूर्णता, विषादपूर्णता tugaljivost panaszosság; panaszkodási hajlam kesedihan angurværð tono lamentoso 悲しげな様子 애처로움 gailumas, graudumas žēlums; žēlabainums kesedihan klaaglijkheid vemodighet, klagende tone żałość tom lamentoso ton plângăreţ печаль plačlivosť tarnanje tugaljivost sorgsenhet ความเศร้าโศก üzüntü, keder 悲哀 журба غم انگيزي، افسردگي sự than vãn 悲哀