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Thesaurus: plaintive

Repining; complaining; lamenting.

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  1. n. Repining; complaining; lamenting.
  2. n. Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad.
  3. adj. expressing sorrow
  4. 1. Repining; complaining; lamenting. Dryden. 2. Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad. "The most plaintive ditty." Landor. -- Plain"tive*ly, adv. -- Plain"tive*ness, n.