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Definition of Plaintive
1. Adjective. Expressing sorrow.
Definition of Plaintive
1. a. Repining; complaining; lamenting.
Definition of Plaintive
1. Adjective. Sorrowful, mournful or melancholic. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Plaintive
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plaintive
Literary usage of Plaintive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Records of the Court of Assistants of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay by Massachusetts Court of Assistants, John Noble, John Francis Cronin (1901)
"[46] 1676 Edward Tyng Esq' plaintive against Joseph Dauis defendant in an action
of Appeale from the Judgment of the Comissioners Court in Boston After the ..."
2. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1807)
"Professor Richardson may justly be included in the number of these plaintive
mourners. We suppose his situation as professor of humanity in the university ..."
3. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
""A deputation petitioned the Convention for soap, and their plaintive cry was
heard around the Salle de Manège, ' Du pain et du savon ! ..."
4. Records of the Court of Assistants of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay by Massachusetts Court of Assistants, John Noble, John Francis Cronin (1901)
"[46] 1676 Edward Tyng Esq' plaintive against Joseph Dauis defendant in an action
of Appeale from the Judgment of the Comissioners Court in Boston After the ..."
5. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1807)
"Professor Richardson may justly be included in the number of these plaintive
mourners. We suppose his situation as professor of humanity in the university ..."
6. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
""A deputation petitioned the Convention for soap, and their plaintive cry was
heard around the Salle de Manège, ' Du pain et du savon ! ..."
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