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plaintive

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  1. 1. n. Repining; complaining; lamenting. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad. Source: opted
  3. 3. adj. expressing sorrow Source: wordnet
  4. 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. Source: webster

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sorrowplaincomplainingexpressivelamentingmelancholymournfulrepiningsaddittydrydenexpressingness

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