Conscience-stricken
Plaintive and conscience-stricken are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Plaintive" instead an adjective phrase "Conscience-stricken".
Plaintive
Plaintive adjective - Expressing or suggesting mourning.
Conscience-stricken and plaintive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Conscience-stricken" instead an adjective "Plaintive".
Nearby Words: plaint, plaintively
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- pitiful and conscience-stricken
- pitiful and plaintive
- melancholy and conscience-stricken
- melancholy and plaintive
- downcast and conscience-stricken
- downcast and plaintive
- dejected and conscience-stricken
- dejected and plaintive
- depressed and conscience-stricken
- depressed and plaintive
- sad and conscience-stricken
- sad and plaintive
- wretched and conscience-stricken
- wretched and plaintive
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Plaintive and Conscience-stricken. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/conscience-stricken/plaintive
Conscience-stricken & Plaintive. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/conscience-stricken/plaintive>.
Plaintive or Conscience-stricken. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/conscience-stricken/plaintive.
