English - Turkish
Definition of plaintive in English Turkish dictionary
- dokunaklı
- acıklı
- hüzünlü
- ağlamaklı
Ağlamaklı melodi onun kalbini kırdı.
-The plaintive melody broke her heart.
- hüzünlü/kederli
- plaintivelysızlanarak
- yakınan sızlanan
- {s} yaslı
- {s} dertli
- kederli
- {s} sızlanan
- {s} hazin, hüzün dolu
- plaintively
- hüzünle/kederle
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English - English
Definition of plaintive in English English dictionary
- Sorrowful, mournful or melancholic
- {a} sorrowful, mournful
- Repining; complaining; lamenting
- expressing sorrow
- {s} sad, mournful; emotionally touching or moving
- A plaintive sound or voice sounds sad. They lay on the firm sands, listening to the plaintive cry of the seagulls = mournful + plaintively plain·tive·ly `Why don't we do something?' Davis asked plaintively. a plaintive sound is high, like someone crying, and sounds sad plaintive cry/voice/sound etc (plaintif, from plaint; PLAINT)
- Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad
- Plaintively
- dolente
- plaintively
- in a plaintive manner; "the last note of the song rang out plaintively"
- plaintively
- In a plaintive manner
- plaintively
- sadly, mournfully, wistfully
- plaintively
- in a plaintive manner; "the last note of the song rang out plaintively
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plaintive
Hyphenation
plain·tiveTurkish pronunciation
pleyntîvSynonyms
beefing, bellyaching, cantankerous, crabby, cranky, disconsolate, doleful, grief-stricken, grievous, grousing, grumpy, heartrending, lamenting, lugubrious, melancholyPronunciation
/ˈplāntəv/ /ˈpleɪntɪv/
Etymology
() From Old French plaintif (“aggrieved, lamenting”), from plainte (“lament, complaint”); see plaint.Resimler
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