Definition of plaintive in English:

plaintive

adjective ˈpleɪntɪvˈpleɪn(t)ɪv

Sounding sad and mournful.
伤心的，哀伤的
a plaintive cry
悲号。
Example sentencesExamples
- I suppose it was because Wendy knew this that her last words to him were these rather plaintive ones.
- A mixture of the everyday and the grotesque, they read at times like plaintive notes from a boarding school, from a child who fears she has been forgotten.
- There are plaintive cries from MSPs about their workload, which, they argue, can only be sustained with their current numbers.
- The denials issuing from Santos are almost pathetic in their plaintive appeal to maintenance of the status quo.
- Played with a plaintive acoustic edge, it's even more heart-rending than the original.
- The lawns are luxurious, the sky is blue, and a lone hawk circles above, gives a plaintive cry and wheels away.
- The plaintive call of the bird can be heard most evenings in the area.
- The first tune was the Goltrai, a sad plaintive tune for all who died.
- As I neared home I heard a weak and plaintive female voice coming from above saying ‘Excuse me’.
- The mood, carried by the winds and strings, is generally plaintive, even melancholy.
- This plaintive cry came from a number of sources, so we are attempting to provide enlightenment.
- As the drums of war grow louder, so do the plaintive cries of the Irish neutrality lobby.
- After making modest progress on the phone, he follows up with a plaintive letter laying out his case in detail.
- It was only when she started being plaintive and forlorn that we returned to her.
- Aside from resorting to plaintive cries and groans, in the first half there was little cause for the Tartan Army to exercise their vocal chords.
- From a whooshing, gurgling still comes the ringing, plaintive and mournful.
- The plaintive cry of kids playing in their streets and gardens for many years has been ‘We want our ball back.’
- I break away only to hear its plaintive cries through the rest of my visit.
- My wife was expecting this to be boring but was pleasantly surprised which resulted in the plaintive cry of why wasn't science like that when she was at school.
- The songbirds had returned, but their calls sounded ever so plaintive and piteous.
Synonyms
mournful, sad, wistful, doleful, pathetic, pitiful, piteous, melancholy, melancholic, sorrowful, unhappy, wretched, woeful, grief-stricken, broken-hearted, heartbroken, desolate, heart-rending, forlorn, woebegone, disconsolate
literary plangent, heartsick, dolorous

Derivatives

plaintively

adverb ˈpleɪntɪvliˈpleɪn(t)ɪvli

‘You didn't have to grab my legs like that,’ he said plaintively.
Example sentencesExamples
- With modest adjustments, this cri de coeur could be plaintively submitted by any corporate drone who's ever dreamed outside his or her little gray box.
- It's one of the ironies of fame, that those who are not yet famous are prepared to give everything in their determination to succeed, and years later, when they have succeeded, they ask plaintively why their personal lives are a mess.
- His faster songs were rapidly percussive, his slower songs were plaintively rendered in his odd quavering-soprano voice, and they all had that trademark energy.
- ‘I don't want to become a reindeer,’ she says plaintively.

plaintiveness

noun ˈpleɪntɪvnəsˈpleɪn(t)ɪvnəs

And when she is allowed to let go, her pleading is without plaintiveness, her passion brims over into compassion.
Example sentencesExamples
- The slight plaintiveness of this is underscored by the call to ‘get back to the issues.’
- His presence resonates strongly on the album; his energy and rhythm permeate through the album's 11 tracks, underscoring the already moody screamo with an uncontrived sense of plaintiveness.
- Likewise, her voice has a matter-of-fact plaintiveness that defines, but can also box in, her performance.
- Its sweeping soundscapes, rustic plaintiveness and nods to Curtis Mayfield all added up to a strangely uninvolving experience.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French plaintif, -ive, from plainte 'lamentation' (see plaint).

Plaintive comes via Old French plainte ‘lamentation’, from Latin plangere ‘to beat, lament’. The legal plaintiff (Late Middle English) is the same word used as a noun. Plangere also gives us Late Middle English complain (the com- being emphatic), and plangent (early 19th century).

Definition of plaintive in US English:

plaintive

adjectiveˈplān(t)ivˈpleɪn(t)ɪv

Sounding sad and mournful.
伤心的，哀伤的
a plaintive cry
悲号。
Example sentencesExamples
- I break away only to hear its plaintive cries through the rest of my visit.
- I suppose it was because Wendy knew this that her last words to him were these rather plaintive ones.
- A mixture of the everyday and the grotesque, they read at times like plaintive notes from a boarding school, from a child who fears she has been forgotten.
- From a whooshing, gurgling still comes the ringing, plaintive and mournful.
- It was only when she started being plaintive and forlorn that we returned to her.
- As the drums of war grow louder, so do the plaintive cries of the Irish neutrality lobby.
- The plaintive call of the bird can be heard most evenings in the area.
- The denials issuing from Santos are almost pathetic in their plaintive appeal to maintenance of the status quo.
- After making modest progress on the phone, he follows up with a plaintive letter laying out his case in detail.
- As I neared home I heard a weak and plaintive female voice coming from above saying ‘Excuse me’.
- Played with a plaintive acoustic edge, it's even more heart-rending than the original.
- The mood, carried by the winds and strings, is generally plaintive, even melancholy.
- There are plaintive cries from MSPs about their workload, which, they argue, can only be sustained with their current numbers.
- Aside from resorting to plaintive cries and groans, in the first half there was little cause for the Tartan Army to exercise their vocal chords.
- The lawns are luxurious, the sky is blue, and a lone hawk circles above, gives a plaintive cry and wheels away.
- The songbirds had returned, but their calls sounded ever so plaintive and piteous.
- This plaintive cry came from a number of sources, so we are attempting to provide enlightenment.
- My wife was expecting this to be boring but was pleasantly surprised which resulted in the plaintive cry of why wasn't science like that when she was at school.
- The plaintive cry of kids playing in their streets and gardens for many years has been ‘We want our ball back.’
- The first tune was the Goltrai, a sad plaintive tune for all who died.
Synonyms
mournful, sad, wistful, doleful, pathetic, pitiful, piteous, melancholy, melancholic, sorrowful, unhappy, wretched, woeful, grief-stricken, broken-hearted, heartbroken, desolate, heart-rending, forlorn, woebegone, disconsolate

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French plaintif, -ive, from plainte ‘lamentation’ (see plaint).

词汇	plaintive
释义	Definition of plaintive in English: plaintive adjective ˈpleɪntɪvˈpleɪn(t)ɪv Sounding sad and mournful. 伤心的，哀伤的 a plaintive cry 悲号。 Example sentencesExamples I suppose it was because Wendy knew this that her last words to him were these rather plaintive ones. A mixture of the everyday and the grotesque, they read at times like plaintive notes from a boarding school, from a child who fears she has been forgotten. There are plaintive cries from MSPs about their workload, which, they argue, can only be sustained with their current numbers. The denials issuing from Santos are almost pathetic in their plaintive appeal to maintenance of the status quo. Played with a plaintive acoustic edge, it's even more heart-rending than the original. The lawns are luxurious, the sky is blue, and a lone hawk circles above, gives a plaintive cry and wheels away. The plaintive call of the bird can be heard most evenings in the area. The first tune was the Goltrai, a sad plaintive tune for all who died. As I neared home I heard a weak and plaintive female voice coming from above saying ‘Excuse me’. The mood, carried by the winds and strings, is generally plaintive, even melancholy. This plaintive cry came from a number of sources, so we are attempting to provide enlightenment. As the drums of war grow louder, so do the plaintive cries of the Irish neutrality lobby. After making modest progress on the phone, he follows up with a plaintive letter laying out his case in detail. It was only when she started being plaintive and forlorn that we returned to her. Aside from resorting to plaintive cries and groans, in the first half there was little cause for the Tartan Army to exercise their vocal chords. From a whooshing, gurgling still comes the ringing, plaintive and mournful. The plaintive cry of kids playing in their streets and gardens for many years has been ‘We want our ball back.’ I break away only to hear its plaintive cries through the rest of my visit. My wife was expecting this to be boring but was pleasantly surprised which resulted in the plaintive cry of why wasn't science like that when she was at school. The songbirds had returned, but their calls sounded ever so plaintive and piteous. Synonyms mournful, sad, wistful, doleful, pathetic, pitiful, piteous, melancholy, melancholic, sorrowful, unhappy, wretched, woeful, grief-stricken, broken-hearted, heartbroken, desolate, heart-rending, forlorn, woebegone, disconsolate literary plangent, heartsick, dolorous Derivatives plaintively adverb ˈpleɪntɪvliˈpleɪn(t)ɪvli ‘You didn't have to grab my legs like that,’ he said plaintively. Example sentencesExamples With modest adjustments, this cri de coeur could be plaintively submitted by any corporate drone who's ever dreamed outside his or her little gray box. It's one of the ironies of fame, that those who are not yet famous are prepared to give everything in their determination to succeed, and years later, when they have succeeded, they ask plaintively why their personal lives are a mess. His faster songs were rapidly percussive, his slower songs were plaintively rendered in his odd quavering-soprano voice, and they all had that trademark energy. ‘I don't want to become a reindeer,’ she says plaintively. plaintiveness noun ˈpleɪntɪvnəsˈpleɪn(t)ɪvnəs And when she is allowed to let go, her pleading is without plaintiveness, her passion brims over into compassion. Example sentencesExamples The slight plaintiveness of this is underscored by the call to ‘get back to the issues.’ His presence resonates strongly on the album; his energy and rhythm permeate through the album's 11 tracks, underscoring the already moody screamo with an uncontrived sense of plaintiveness. Likewise, her voice has a matter-of-fact plaintiveness that defines, but can also box in, her performance. Its sweeping soundscapes, rustic plaintiveness and nods to Curtis Mayfield all added up to a strangely uninvolving experience. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French plaintif, -ive, from plainte 'lamentation' (see plaint). Plaintive comes via Old French plainte ‘lamentation’, from Latin plangere ‘to beat, lament’. The legal plaintiff (Late Middle English) is the same word used as a noun. Plangere also gives us Late Middle English complain (the com- being emphatic), and plangent (early 19th century). Definition of plaintive in US English: plaintive adjectiveˈplān(t)ivˈpleɪn(t)ɪv Sounding sad and mournful. 伤心的，哀伤的 a plaintive cry 悲号。 Example sentencesExamples I break away only to hear its plaintive cries through the rest of my visit. I suppose it was because Wendy knew this that her last words to him were these rather plaintive ones. A mixture of the everyday and the grotesque, they read at times like plaintive notes from a boarding school, from a child who fears she has been forgotten. From a whooshing, gurgling still comes the ringing, plaintive and mournful. It was only when she started being plaintive and forlorn that we returned to her. As the drums of war grow louder, so do the plaintive cries of the Irish neutrality lobby. The plaintive call of the bird can be heard most evenings in the area. The denials issuing from Santos are almost pathetic in their plaintive appeal to maintenance of the status quo. After making modest progress on the phone, he follows up with a plaintive letter laying out his case in detail. As I neared home I heard a weak and plaintive female voice coming from above saying ‘Excuse me’. Played with a plaintive acoustic edge, it's even more heart-rending than the original. The mood, carried by the winds and strings, is generally plaintive, even melancholy. There are plaintive cries from MSPs about their workload, which, they argue, can only be sustained with their current numbers. Aside from resorting to plaintive cries and groans, in the first half there was little cause for the Tartan Army to exercise their vocal chords. The lawns are luxurious, the sky is blue, and a lone hawk circles above, gives a plaintive cry and wheels away. The songbirds had returned, but their calls sounded ever so plaintive and piteous. This plaintive cry came from a number of sources, so we are attempting to provide enlightenment. My wife was expecting this to be boring but was pleasantly surprised which resulted in the plaintive cry of why wasn't science like that when she was at school. The plaintive cry of kids playing in their streets and gardens for many years has been ‘We want our ball back.’ The first tune was the Goltrai, a sad plaintive tune for all who died. Synonyms mournful, sad, wistful, doleful, pathetic, pitiful, piteous, melancholy, melancholic, sorrowful, unhappy, wretched, woeful, grief-stricken, broken-hearted, heartbroken, desolate, heart-rending, forlorn, woebegone, disconsolate Origin Late Middle English: from Old French plaintif, -ive, from plainte ‘lamentation’ (see plaint).
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