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Plaintive Plain Tiv Adjective Expressive Sorrow Melancholy Mournful Sad

Plaintive describes something as expressive of sorrow or melancholy, meaning it is mournful or sad.

Plaintive describes something as expressive of sorrow or melancholy, meaning it is mournful or sad.

Front plaintive \PLAIN-tiv\
Back adjective
Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad.

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