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Plaintive

//ˈpleɪntɪv// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic.

    "a typically plaintive song from Radiohead"

Adjective
  1. 1
    expressing sorrow wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English pleintif, plentyff, from Old French pleintif (“aggrieved, lamenting”) (whence modern French plaintif), from plainte (“lament, complaint”); see plaint. Doublet of plaintiff.

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