Bemoaning
Plaintive
Plaintive adjective - Expressing or suggesting mourning.
Usage example: the puppy's plaintive expression after we put the toy away was rather amusing
Bemoaning and plaintive are semantically related. You can use "Bemoaning" instead an adjective "Plaintive".
Nearby Words: plaint, plaintively
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- critical and bemoaning
- critical and plaintive
- melancholy and bemoaning
- melancholy and plaintive
- woeful and bemoaning
- woeful and plaintive
- wailing and bemoaning
- wailing and plaintive
- sorry and bemoaning
- sorry and plaintive
- lamentable and bemoaning
- lamentable and plaintive
- sorrowful and bemoaning
- sorrowful and plaintive
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