Dolesome
Dolesome adjective - Expressing or suggesting mourning.
Usage example: the dolesome sound of a lone harmonica arising from the darkened encampment
Plaintive
Plaintive adjective - Expressing or suggesting mourning.
Usage example: the puppy's plaintive expression after we put the toy away was rather amusing
Dolesome and plaintive are semantically related. You can use "Dolesome" instead an adjective "Plaintive".
Nearby Words: plaint, plaintively
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- melancholy and dolesome
- melancholy and plaintive
- woeful and dolesome
- woeful and plaintive
- grievous and dolesome
- grievous and plaintive
- sad and dolesome
- sad and plaintive
- wretched and dolesome
- wretched and plaintive
- harrowing and dolesome
- harrowing and plaintive
- lamentable and dolesome
- lamentable and plaintive
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Plaintive and Dolesome. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dolesome/plaintive
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Plaintive or Dolesome. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dolesome/plaintive.
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