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plaintive

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plain·tive  (plntv)
adj.
Expressing sorrow; mournful or melancholy.

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

plaintive·ly adv.
plaintive·ness n.

plaintive [ˈpleɪntɪv]
adj
expressing melancholy; mournful
[from Old French plaintif grieving, from plainte plaint]
plaintively  adv
plaintiveness  n
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Adj.1.plaintive - expressing sorrow
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

plaintive
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plaintive [ˈpleɪntɪv] ADJlastimero, quejumbroso

plaintive [ˈpleɪntɪv] adjplaintif/ive

plaintive
adjklagend; voice etc alsowehleidig (pej); song etc alsoschwermütig, elegisch (geh); look etcleidend; the letter ended on a plaintive noteder Brief schloss mit einer Klage

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

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
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
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


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A pitiful and plaintive look, with which she had begun to regard him when she was still extremely young, was perhaps a part of this discovery.
I remember the worried, plaintive look that came into his eyes as he examined the ice.
Five years dragged by, and still, every night at midnight, the plaintive tones floated out over the silent land, while the distant boatmen and peasants thrust their fingers into their ears and shuddered out a prayer.
 
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