Plaintive
Plaintive adjective - Expressing or suggesting mourning.
Usage example: the puppy's plaintive expression after we put the toy away was rather amusing
Plangent is a synonym for plaintive in mournful topic. In some cases you can use "Plangent" instead an adjective "Plaintive". literary substitute
Nearby Words: plaint, plaintively
Plangent
Plangent adjective - Expressing or suggesting mourning.
Usage example: a plangent, haunting song about a long-ago love
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- melancholy and plaintive
- melancholy and plangent
- woeful and plaintive
- woeful and plangent
- sad and plaintive
- sad and plangent
- lamentable and plaintive
- lamentable and plangent
- sorrowful and plaintive
- sorrowful and plangent
- dolorous and plaintive
- dolorous and plangent
- lugubrious and plaintive
- lugubrious and plangent
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