plaintive
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plaintive
expressing sorrow; mournful: a plaintive melody; wistful, sad
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plaintiff – the party who institutes a suit in court, opposed to defendant
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plain·tive
(plān′tĭv)adj.
Expressing sorrow; mournful or melancholy.
[Middle English plaintif, from Old French, aggrieved, lamenting, from plaint, complaint; see plaint.]
plain′tive·ly adv.
plain′tive·ness n.
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plaintive
(ˈpleɪntɪv)adj
expressing melancholy; mournful
[C14: from Old French plaintif grieving, from plainte plaint]
ˈplaintively adv
ˈplaintiveness n
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plain•tive
(ˈpleɪn tɪv)adj.
expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful: a plaintive melody.
plain′tive•ly, adv.
plain′tive•ness, 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 |
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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.
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Translations
نائِح، شَجي، حَزين
žalostný
sørgmodig
panaszos
angurvær
graudumasgraudžiai
žēlabains
acıklıkederli
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plaintive
[ˈpleɪntɪv] adj → plaintif/iveCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
plaintive
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plaintive
(ˈpleintiv) adjective sounding sad or sorrowful. a plaintive cry.
ˈplaintively adverbˈplaintiveness noun
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