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plaintive

 
Dictionary: plain·tive   (plān'tĭv) pronunciation
adj.
Expressing sorrow; mournful or melancholy.

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

plaintively plain'tive·ly adv.
plaintiveness plain'tive·ness n.

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adj

Definition: pathetic, woebegone
Antonyms: cheerful, happy


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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: expressing sorrow
  Synonym: mournful


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - vemodsfuld, klagende

Nederlands (Dutch)
klagend, somber (klinkend)

Français (French)
adj. - plaintif

Deutsch (German)
adj. - klagend, traurig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - θρηνώδης, κλαψιάρικος, γοερός, παραπονιάρικος

Italiano (Italian)
lamentoso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - queixoso (Jur.), triste

Русский (Russian)
жалобный, печальный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - quejumbroso, lastimero

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - klagande, vemodsfylld, sorgsen

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
悲哀的, 哀伤的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 悲哀的, 哀傷的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 애처로운

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 悲しげな, 哀調に満ちた, 哀れな

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) حزين, كئيب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מתחנן, עצוב, נוגה‬


 
 
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