plaintively

plain·tive

 (plān′tĭv)

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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plain′tive·ly adv.

plain′tive·ness n.

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Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

plaintively - in a plaintive manner; "the last note of the song rang out plaintively"

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Translations

بِشَجى، بِحُزْن، بِأسى

naříkavě

wehleidig

plaintivement

panaszosan

á angurværan hátt

hüzünlekederle

悲哀地

plaintively

[ˈpleɪntɪvlɪ] ADV → lastimeramente, con dolor

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

plaintively

[ˈpleɪntɪvli] adv → plaintivementplain yoghurt n → yaourt m nature

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

plaintively

adv say, ask → klagend

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

plaintively

[ˈpleɪntɪvlɪ] adv (speak) → lamentosamente; (look) → malinconicamente

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

plaintive

(ˈpleintiv) adjective

sounding sad or sorrowful. a plaintive cry. klaende نائِح، شَجي، حَزين тъжен lamentoso žalostný wehleidig sørgmodig θρηνητικός, λυπητερόςquejumbroso, lastimero kaeblik سوزناک haikea plaintifעצוב दु:खपूर्ण, विषाद-पूर्ण tugaljiv panaszos sedih angurvær lamentoso 悲しげな 애처로운 gailus, graudus žēlabains sedih klaaglijkvemodig, klagende żałosny غمجن 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

ˈplaintively adverb

klaend بِشَجى، بِحُزْن، بِأسى тъжно tristemente naříkavě wehleidig sørgmodigt 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 klaaglijkvemodig żałośnie په غمجنه توګه 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

ˈplaintiveness noun

klaendheid شَجى، أسى тъга tom lamentoso plačtivost die Wehleidigkeit sørgmodighed θρήνοςquejumbre kurbus سوزناکی haikeus ton plaintif צער 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 غم tom lamentoso ton plângăreţ печаль plačlivosť tarnanje tugaljivost sorgsenhet ความเศร้าโศก üzüntü, keder 悲哀 журба غم انگيزي، افسردگي sự than vãn 悲哀

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