Melancholy and Plaintive

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Melancholy adjective – Feeling unhappiness.

Usage example: she was a bit melancholy after her youngest child left for college

Plaintive is a synonym for melancholy in sad topic. In some cases you can use "Plaintive" instead an adjective "Melancholy".

Nearby Words: melancholic, melancholia

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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

Melancholy is a synonym for plaintive in sad topic. You can use "Melancholy" instead an adjective "Plaintive", if it concerns topics such as sorrowful, mournful, pathetic.

Nearby Words: plaint, plaintively

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Plaintive and Melancholy. (2016). Retrieved 2021, February 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/melancholy/plaintive

Melancholy & Plaintive. N.p., 2016. Web. 28 Feb. 2021. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/melancholy/plaintive>.

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