What does plaintive mean?
Plaintive means Sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic..
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/ˈpleɪntɪv/ · adjective
Sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic..
a typically plaintive song from Radiohead
I can see by your plaintive smile something is wrong, so spill it.
When my wife and I heard a plaintive whinny from our laundry room the other day, we knew that our old dryer had cycled its last load.
Use plaintive when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Plaintive means Sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic..
Common synonyms include miserable, unhappy, cheerless, comfortless.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
a typically plaintive song from Radiohead
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