'Plaintiveness' definitions:
Definition of 'plaintiveness'
From: WordNet
noun
Expressing sorrowfulness
Definition of 'Plaintiveness'
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]