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plaintive

[ pleyn-tiv ]

adjective

  1. expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful:

    a plaintive melody.

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plaintive

/ ˈ±è±ô±ðɪ²Ô³Ùɪ±¹ /

adjective

  1. expressing melancholy; mournful
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ±è±ô²¹¾±²Ô³Ù¾±±¹±ð²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
  • ˈ±è±ô²¹¾±²Ô³Ù¾±±¹±ð±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±è±ô²¹¾±²Ôt¾±±¹±ð·±ô²â adverb
  • ±è±ô²¹¾±²Ôt¾±±¹±ð·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of plaintive1

First recorded in 1350–1400; plaint + -ive; replacing Middle English plaintif, from Middle French
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of plaintive1

C14: from Old French plaintif grieving, from plainte plaint
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The English horn issued a plaintive, simple melody, as if trying to evoke older memories of a nearly forgotten time.

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Even though the film was shot in France, not Mexico, it has some authentic touches: The movie opens with the plaintive, recorded appeals of a young girl soliciting old appliances and other scrap metal.

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The resulting lush and exotic soundscape, featuring plaintive pan flute and sprinkled with birdsong, turned out to be perfect for the game’s spooktastic forest levels.

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As Rangers people run around with their hair on fire, those words appear more plaintive than ever.

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Thursday’s sold-out finale is a definitive retort to the plaintive cry among Oakland fans: Is there anyone that can stop this move?

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