Plaintive and Touchy

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Plaintive adjective - Expressing or suggesting mourning.

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Touchy and plaintive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Touchy" instead an adjective "Plaintive".

Nearby Words: plaint, plaintively

Touchy adjective - Easily offended.

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Plaintive and touchy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Plaintive" instead an adjective "Touchy".

Nearby Words: touch, touched, touching, touchiness, toucher

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