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The example sentences of PLAINTIVE in videos (1 in total of 1)

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Use "plaintive" in a sentence | "plaintive" example sentences

How to use "plaintive" in a sentence?

  • I sometimes think that the most plaintive ditty has brought a fuller joy and of longer duration to its composer that the conquest of Persia to the Macedonian.
    -Walter Savage Landor-
  • The eye of genius has always a plaintive expression, and its natural language is pathos.
    -Lydia M. Child-
  • Light griefs are plaintive , but great ones are dumb
    -Seneca the Younger-
  • ... the student skit at Christmas contained a plaintive line: "Give us Master's exams that our faculty can pass, or give us a faculty that can pass our Master's exams."
    -Paul Halmos-
  • All things die not: while the soul lives, love lives: the song may be now gay, now plaintive, but it is deathless.
    -Mary Johnston-
  • The weary August days are long; The locusts sing a plaintive song, The cattle miss their master's call When they see the sunset shadows fall.
    -Edmund Clarence Stedman-
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Definition and meaning of PLAINTIVE

What does "plaintive mean?"

/ˈplān(t)iv/

plaintive

adjective
Having a sad or wailing sound.

What are synonyms of "plaintive"?
Some common synonyms of "plaintive" are:
  • mournful,
  • sad,
  • wistful,
  • doleful,
  • pathetic,
  • pitiful,
  • piteous,
  • melancholy,
  • melancholic,
  • sorrowful,
  • unhappy,
  • wretched,
  • woeful,
  • grief-stricken,
  • broken-hearted,

You can find detailed definitions of them on this page.

/ˈmôrnfəl/

mournful
adjective

Very sad.

sad

/sad/

sad
adjective

feeling or showing sorrow.

/ˈwis(t)fəl/

wistful
adjective

having or showing feeling of vague or regretful longing.

/ˈdōlfəl/

doleful
adjective

expressing sorrow.

/pəˈTHedik/

pathetic
adjective

arousing pity.

/ˈpidēfəl/

pitiful
adjective

deserving or arousing pity.

/ˈpidēəs/

piteous
adjective

Characterized by or inspiring pity in others.

/ˈmelənˌkälē/

melancholy
adjective adverb noun

sad or depressed. Having a sad mood or feeling. sadness.

/ˈˌmelənˈˌkälik/

melancholic
adjective

Characterized by, causing or expressing sadness.

/ˈsôrəfəl/

sorrowful
adjective

feeling or showing grief.

/ˌənˈhapē/

unhappy
adjective

not happy.

/ˈreCHəd/

wretched
adjective

in very unhappy or unfortunate state.

/ˈwōfəl/

woeful
adjective

Affected by or full of grief or sadness.

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