plaintive
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tɪv adjective
expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful: a plaintive melody.
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plaintive (ˈpleɪntɪv) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| expressing melancholy; mournful | |
| [C14: from Old French plaintif grieving, from plainte | |
| 'plaintively | |
| —adv | |
| 'plaintiveness | |
| —n | |
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Plaintive
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Word Origin & History
plaintive
late 14c., "lamenting," from O.Fr. plaintif "complaining," from pleint (see plaint). Sense of "mournful, sad" first recorded 1570s. Related: Plaintively.
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Example sentences
The online posts appear earnest, but not plaintive.
Despite the limited audio technology of the recording, the plaintive message is timeless.
Its plaintive cries were recorded, and can be heard by those dialing a special toll number.
Paper after paper begins with a trumpet fanfare and ends with a plaintive bleat.
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