plaintive
IPA: pɫˈeɪntɪv
adjective
- Sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic.
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Examples of "plaintive" in Sentences
- Its call was a long, plaintive whistle.
- It's call was a long, plaintive whistle.
- Her vocals are gentle, plaintive, and poetic.
- The male has several plaintive whistling calls.
- The song features a plaintive acoustic guitar part.
- The music for the hymn is slow, sorrowful and plaintive.
- The party is disturbed by a plaintive wailing from outside.
- Guy's voice sounded plaintive and weak from the front door.
- His tone was clean and penetrating, but sweet and plaintive on ballads.
- All the scenes were shot on cloudy days to indicate the plaintive mood.