Cheerful and Plaintive

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Cheerful adjective – Having or showing a good mood or disposition.

Plaintive is an antonym for cheerful.

Nearby Words: cheer, cheerless, cheery, cheering, cheerfulness

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Plaintive adjective – Expressing or suggesting mourning.

Usage example: the puppy's plaintive expression after we put the toy away was rather amusing

Cheerful is an antonym for plaintive in pathetic topic.

Nearby Words: plaint, plaintively

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song	cheerful song	plaintive song
melodies	cheerful melodies	plaintive melodies

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Plaintive and Cheerful. (2016). Retrieved 2021, March 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cheerful/plaintive

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