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