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plaintive
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
: expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy
plaintively adverb
plaintiveness noun
Did you know?
Like its relative plangent, plaintive is often used to describe sad sounds. "A plaintive wail," for example, is a common use. Plaintive and plangent (along with relatives plaintiff and complain) ultimately derive from the Latin verb plangere, meaning "to strike," "to beat one's breast," or "to lament." This Latin verb led to plaint, an Anglo-French word (and now also an English word) meaning "lamentation." Plaint is the root of Middle English plaintif (meaning "lamenting" or "complaining"), which gave rise to plaintive as well as the noun plaintiff.
Synonyms
Example Sentences
We could hear the plaintive cry of a wounded animal in the woods. the puppy's plaintive expression after we put the toy away was rather amusing
Recent Examples on the Web Meanwhile, Ettore — as winningly played by Maltese, the most rounded and changeable character here — largely recedes from view, until a heartrending scene of plaintive, embittered testimony. 
Guy Lodge, Variety, 6 Sep. 2022 Taken as a whole, the messages reflect a plaintive cry from beleaguered riders who merely want a reliable transit system, one in which buses and trains show up when they are supposed to without breaking down or catching fire. Shirley Leung, BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2022 Just like those plaintive messages that have to travel great distances and pass through impassable barriers, thoughts and ideas get garbled through transmission. Jessica Kiang, Variety, 9 July 2022 If the Supreme Court held an end-of-term awards ceremony, the Old College Try Prize for great effort with zero success would go to Chief Justice John Roberts for his plaintive concurring opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. David J. Garrow, WSJ, 26 June 2022 Together, the pair’s voices blend perfectly, painting a heartbreaking portrait of infidelity and love lost, all over the smooth, echoing strains of a plaintive guitar and some poignant vocal harmonies. Stephen Daw, Billboard, 10 June 2022 The singer of that plaintive ballad is Sarah (Aisling Franciosi), a young woman with deep ties to the O’Hara family, whose own parents have died, leaving her alone in an echoing house. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2022 The tempo is slowed and Nell’s plaintive lead vocals drift in echoey layers over a steady acoustic guitar provided by Nev Cottee. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2022 The trailer, bowing exclusively in Variety, opens at a wake where Humberto’s plaintive baritone plays against a series of images that hint at the family drama that unfolds. Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 24 May 2022 See More
Guy Lodge, Variety, 6 Sep. 2022 Taken as a whole, the messages reflect a plaintive cry from beleaguered riders who merely want a reliable transit system, one in which buses and trains show up when they are supposed to without breaking down or catching fire. Shirley Leung, BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2022 Just like those plaintive messages that have to travel great distances and pass through impassable barriers, thoughts and ideas get garbled through transmission. Jessica Kiang, Variety, 9 July 2022 If the Supreme Court held an end-of-term awards ceremony, the Old College Try Prize for great effort with zero success would go to Chief Justice John Roberts for his plaintive concurring opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. David J. Garrow, WSJ, 26 June 2022 Together, the pair’s voices blend perfectly, painting a heartbreaking portrait of infidelity and love lost, all over the smooth, echoing strains of a plaintive guitar and some poignant vocal harmonies. Stephen Daw, Billboard, 10 June 2022 The singer of that plaintive ballad is Sarah (Aisling Franciosi), a young woman with deep ties to the O’Hara family, whose own parents have died, leaving her alone in an echoing house. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2022 The tempo is slowed and Nell’s plaintive lead vocals drift in echoey layers over a steady acoustic guitar provided by Nev Cottee. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2022 The trailer, bowing exclusively in Variety, opens at a wake where Humberto’s plaintive baritone plays against a series of images that hint at the family drama that unfolds. Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 24 May 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English plaintif grieving, from Anglo-French pleintif, plaintif, from plaint
First Known Use
circa 1570, in the meaning defined above
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