'Plaintive' definitions:

Definition of 'plaintive'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Expressing sorrow [syn: mournful, plaintive]

Definition of 'Plaintive'

From: GCIDE
  • Plaintive \Plain"tive\, a. [F. plaintif. See Plaintiff, n.]
  • 1. Repining; complaining; lamenting. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad. "The most plaintive ditty." --Landor. [1913 Webster] -- {Plain"tive*ly}, adv. -- {Plain"tive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

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