Definition of Plaintive

1. Adjective. Expressing sorrow.

Exact synonyms: Mournful
Similar to: Sorrowful
Derivative terms: Mournfulness, Plaintiveness

Definition of Plaintive

1. a. Repining; complaining; lamenting.

Definition of Plaintive

1. Adjective. Sorrowful, mournful or melancholic. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Plaintive

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plaintive

plainsman
plainsmen
plainsong
plainsongs
plainspoken
plainspokenness
plainswoman
plainswomen
plaint
plaintext
plaintexts
plaintful
plaintiff
plaintiff in error
plaintiffs
plaintive (current term)
plaintively
plaintiveness
plaintivenesses
plaintless
plaints
plainwork
plaisance
plaisances
plaise
plaister
plaistered
plaistering
plaisters
plait

Literary usage of Plaintive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Records of the Court of Assistants of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay by Massachusetts Court of Assistants, John Noble, John Francis Cronin (1901)
"[46] 1676 Edward Tyng Esq' plaintive against Joseph Dauis defendant in an action of Appeale from the Judgment of the Comissioners Court in Boston After the ..."

2. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1807)
"Professor Richardson may justly be included in the number of these plaintive mourners. We suppose his situation as professor of humanity in the university ..."

3. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
""A deputation petitioned the Convention for soap, and their plaintive cry was heard around the Salle de Manège, ' Du pain et du savon ! ..."

4. Records of the Court of Assistants of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay by Massachusetts Court of Assistants, John Noble, John Francis Cronin (1901)
"[46] 1676 Edward Tyng Esq' plaintive against Joseph Dauis defendant in an action of Appeale from the Judgment of the Comissioners Court in Boston After the ..."

5. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1807)
"Professor Richardson may justly be included in the number of these plaintive mourners. We suppose his situation as professor of humanity in the university ..."

6. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
""A deputation petitioned the Convention for soap, and their plaintive cry was heard around the Salle de Manège, ' Du pain et du savon ! ..."

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