plaintive

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plain‧tive/ˈpleɪntɪv/ adjective
[date : 1300-1400; Language : Old French; Origin : plaintif, from plaint; PLAINT]
a plaintive sound is high, like someone crying, and sounds sad
plaintive cry/voice/sound etc
　 ▪ the plaintive cry of the seagull

—plaintively adverb

adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a plaintive melody (=sad)
▪ The song's plaintive melody expresses perfectly the feeling of loneliness that she feels after her lover has gone.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
NOUN
cry
▪ Legend has it that the bridge got its name from the plaintive cries of the prisoners as they were escorted across it.
▪ There he left them, knowing that they were safe, despite their plaintive cries.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Legend has it that the bridge got its name from the plaintive cries of the prisoners as they were escorted across it.
▪ Ranulf came in with a series of plaintive questions but Corbett dismissed him with a look.
▪ Seam combine melancholy, rage and pure plaintive yearning to devastating effect.
▪ The melody is plaintive, not energetic like the hymns in church.
▪ There he left them, knowing that they were safe, despite their plaintive cries.