Words and phrases that have a meaning related to plaintive: (136 results)
Often used in the same context:
plangent, mournful, melancholy, mellifluous, elegiac, melancholic, quavery, breathy, bluesy, soulful, dulcet, heartfelt, melodious, falsetto, whispery, wistful, doleful, haunting, melodic, tuneful, sorrowful, incantatory, twangy, dirgelike, songlike, throaty, tremulous, winsome, ruminative, poignant, toneless, staccato, poetic, dreamy, declamatory, songful, resonant, jaunty, lyrical, ethereal, pensive, sonorous, lovelorn, tinkly, syncopated, flutelike, lachrymose, jazzy, evocative, rhapsodic, melismatic, warble, jangly, croaky, guttural, raspy, lugubrious, anguished, basso profundo, polytonal, kyrie eleison, pianissimo, fluttery, dissonant, cor anglais, scat singing, plainsong, unmelodic, beguiling, rueful, cadenced, wordless, reedy, heartrending, stentorian, countrified, folky, languid, onomatopoeic, limpid, clangorous, singable, melodramatic, propulsive, mellow, antiphonal, maudlin, chorded, strophic, languorous, exhortatory, eloquent, hummable, nasal twang, hypnotic, fortissimo, pointillistic, sardonic, growly, earthy, catchy, microtonal, scribble, waking, alas, an, blank, bunny, captive, chrysalis, cinder, close, constance, dad, daub, dear, dido, dog, drunkard, drunks, earnest, eliza, piteous, dolorous, quavering, querulous, pitched, reproachful, tuneless, unheard
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Also try:howl, plaintively, streptopelia turtur, whimper, whine, whining
— Nouns for plaintive: voice, cry, note, tone, cries, song, notes, melody, sound, wail, tones, more...
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