Lamentive

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Being or relating to a lamentation.

    "With the Death's-head moth, this sound is given out when confined or taken into the band, and is likened to the cry of a mouse, but is said to be more plaintive and even lamentive."

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complainingfaultfindingfretfulhowlingmournfulpeevish

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"With the Death's-head moth, this sound is given out when confined or taken into the band, and is likened to the cry of a mouse, but is said to be more plaintive and even lamentive."

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