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1. (adj.) plaintive
expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful:
a plaintive melody.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME plaintif < MF; see plaint , -ive)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) mournful, plaintive
expressing sorrow
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) plaintive
repining; complaining; lamenting
2. (noun) plaintive
expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad
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Sense: sounding sad or sorrowful
a plaintive cry.
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 Afrikaans: klaende |
 Arabic: نائِح، شَجي، حَزين |
 Bulgarian: тъжен |
 Brazilian: lamentoso |
 Czech: žalostný |
 German: wehleidig |
 Danish: sørgmodig |
 Greek: θρηνητικός, λυπητερός |
 Spanish: quejumbroso, lastimero |
 Estonian: kaeblik |
 Farsi: سوزناک |
 Finnish: haikea |
 French: plaintif |
 Hebrew: עָצוּב |
 Hindi: दु:खपूर्ण, विषाद-पूर्ण |
 Croatian: tugaljiv |
 Hungarian: panaszos |
 Indonesian: sedih |
 Icelandic: angurvær |
 Italian: lamentoso |
 Japanese: 悲しげな |
 Korean: 애처로운 |
 Lithuanian: gailus, graudus |
 Latvian: žēlabains |
 Malay: sedih |
 Dutch: klaaglijk |
 Norwegian: vemodig, klagende |
 Polish: żałosny |
 Persian: ناله آميز |
 Pashto: غمجن |
 Portuguese: lamentoso |
 Romanian: tânguitor |
 Russian: печальный, жалобный |
 Slovak: žalostný |
 Slovenian: tožeč |
 Serbian: tugaljiv |
 Swedish: klagande, sorgsen |
 Thai: ที่ดูเศร้าโศก |
 Turkish: acıklı, kederli |
 Taiwanese: 悲哀的 |
 Ukrainian: жалібний, тужливий |
 Urdu: غم انگيز، افسردہ |
 Vietnamese: than vãn |
 Chinese: 悲哀的 |
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