Plaintive
Plaintive adjective - Expressing or suggesting mourning.
Whining and plaintive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Whining" instead an adjective "Plaintive".
Nearby Words: plaint, plaintively
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- critical and plaintive
- critical and whining
- wailing and plaintive
- wailing and whining
- touchy and plaintive
- touchy and whining
- lamenting and plaintive
- lamenting and whining
- crying and plaintive
- crying and whining
- dissatisfied and plaintive
- dissatisfied and whining
- querulous and plaintive
- querulous and whining
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Whining and Plaintive. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/plaintive/whining
Plaintive & Whining. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/plaintive/whining>.
Whining or Plaintive. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/plaintive/whining.
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