Plaintive
Plaintive adjective - Expressing or suggesting mourning.
Regretting and plaintive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Regretting" instead an adjective "Plaintive".
Nearby Words: plaint, plaintively
Regretting
Plaintive and regretting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Plaintive" instead an adjective "Regretting".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- critical and plaintive
- critical and regretting
- melancholy and plaintive
- melancholy and regretting
- woeful and plaintive
- woeful and regretting
- cranky and plaintive
- cranky and regretting
- sad and plaintive
- sad and regretting
- sorry and plaintive
- sorry and regretting
- lamentable and plaintive
- lamentable and regretting
Cite this Source
Regretting and Plaintive. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/plaintive/regretting
Plaintive & Regretting. N.p., 2016. Web. 03 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/plaintive/regretting>.
Regretting or Plaintive. 2016. Accessed August 03, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/plaintive/regretting.
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